Orpheus Britannicus (Purcell, Henry)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 volumes
First Publication 1698, 1702
Genre Categories Songs; Airs; Pieces; For voice, continuo; For voices with continuo; Scores featuring the voice; Scores with basso continuo; For 2 voices, continuo; For 3 voices, continuo; For 4 voices, continuo; For voices, strings, continuo; Scores featuring string ensemble; For voices with strings; For voice, recorder, continuo; For voices with solo instruments; Scores featuring the recorder; English language; For voice, piano (arr); For voices with keyboard (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

 Book 1
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: J. Heptinstall, 1698.
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 Book 1
#123456 - 33.50MB, 303 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7557×⇩ - Bassani

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Bassani (2011/9/16)

Publisher. Info. London: William Pearson, 1706.
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Misc. Notes from Watkinson Collection
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 Book 2
#121485 - 14.19MB, 181 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7409×⇩ - Bassani

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 Book 2
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 Book 2
#314060 - 70.16MB, 182 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1344×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Publisher. Info. London: William Pearson for Henry Playford, 1702.
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 Book 2
#718647 - 87.62MB, 208 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 92×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2021/7/23)

Editor The second edition with additions.
Publisher. Info. London: William Pearson, for S.H., sold by J. Young, (and) J. Cullen, 1711.
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D156/1
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Selections

 Favourite Songs out of his most celebrated Orpheus Brittanicus
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Bassani (2010/5/15)

Editor John Walsh
Publisher. Info. London: John Walsh, n.d.(ca.1710).
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Misc. Notes RISM A/I: P 5986
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For Voice and Piano (Arkwright)

 Complete Score
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Bassani (2011/8/30)

Arranger Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright (1864–1944)
Publisher. Info. The Old English Edition, No.24
London: Joseph Williams, Oxford: Parker and Co., 1901.
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Misc. Notes 6 Songs
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General Information

Work Title Orpheus Britannicus
Alternative. Title Title-page transcription
Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the choicest songs for One, Two, and Three Voices, compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell. together with such Symphonies for Violins or Flutes [recorders], as were by him design's for any of them: and a thorough-bass to each song; figur'd for the Organ, Harpsichord, or Theorbo-Lute. All which are placed in their several Keys according to the Order of the Gamut.</span>
Composer Purcell, Henry
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 volumes
First Publication. 1698, 1702
Language English
Dedication I. Lady Howard
II. Charles, Lord Halifax
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voice, continuo
External Links Wikipedia article
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