1659–1695 · English

Purcell, Henry

England's greatest composer before Elgar, whose Dido and Aeneas, semi-operas and anthems combine Baroque grandeur with intense English lyricism.

Opera (2)

Z.626
Dido and Aeneas (opera)1689
Z.620
Dido and Aeneas (opera)

Semi-opera (4)

Z.627
The Fairy Queen (semi-opera)1692
Z.628
King Arthur (semi-opera)1691
Z.629
The Indian Queen (semi-opera)1695
Z.630
Dioclesian (semi-opera)1690

Song (6)

Z.339
Dido's Lament (When I am laid in earth)1689
Z.371
The Knotting Song
SelectedSongs
Selected Songs
Z. 6VocalDuets
6 Vocal Duets
Z.398
Music for a while
Z.513
The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation

Funeral Music (1)

Z.860
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary1695

Anthem (3)

Z.15
Hear My Prayer O Lordc.1681
Z.30
My Heart is Inditing (anthem)1685
Z.49
Rejoice in the Lord alway ('Bell Anthem')c.1682–85

Sacred Work (1)

Z.232
Te Deum and Jubilate in D majorD major1694

Ode (2)

Z.328
Ode for St Cecilia's Day 16921692
Z.323
Come ye sons of art (birthday ode)1694

Chamber Music (2)

Z.730
Chacony in G minorG minorc.1680
Z.732
Fantazias for Viols (Z.732–743)1680

Sonata (8)

Z.790
12 Sonatas of Three Parts1697
Z.802
10 Sonatas in Four Parts1683
Z.850
Trumpet Sonata in D majorD majorc.1694
Z.750
Sonata of Four Parts No.1 in B minor
Z.752
Sonata of Four Parts No.3 in A minor
Z.754
Sonata of Four Parts No.5 in G minor
Z.755
Sonata of Four Parts No.6 in G minor
Z.756
Sonata of Four Parts No.7 in C major

Keyboard Suite (8)

Z.660
Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in G minorG minorc.1696
Z.661
Harpsichord Suite No. 2 in C minorC minorc.1696
Z.662
Harpsichord Suite No. 3 in G majorG majorc.1696
Z.663
Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in A minorA minorc.1696
Z.664
Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in C majorC majorc.1696
Z.665
Harpsichord Suite No. 6 in D minorD minorc.1696
Z.666
Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in F majorF majorc.1696
Z.667
Harpsichord Suite No. 8 in A majorA majorc.1696

Suite (15)

Z.570
Abdelazer Suite (The Moor's Revenge)1695
SuiteAnglaise
Suite Anglaise
SuiteinCmajor
Suite in C major
SuiteinDmajor
Suite in D major
SuitesLessonsandPiecesfortheHa
Suites, Lessons and Pieces for the Harpsichord
AnEnglishSuite
An English Suite
Z.669
Suite No.1 in G major
Z.670
Suite No.2 in G minor
Z.671
Suite No.3 in G major
Z.672
Suite No.4 in A minor
Z.673
Suite No.5 in C major
Z.674
Suite No.6 in D major
Z.675
Suite No.7 in D minor
Z.676
Suite No.8 in F major
Z.T678
A Choice Collection of Lessons (8 suites)

Orchestral (183)

TheWorksofHenryPurcell
The Works of Henry Purcell
Z.480
Above the Tumults of a Busy State
Z.352
Ah! Cruel Nymph
Z.353
Ah! How Pleasant 'Tis to Love
Z.354
Ah! What Pains
ZT 675
Air in D Minor
ZT 676
Air in D minor
Z.641
Air in G major
Z. 2AirsinCmajor
2 Airs in C major
Z.482
Alas, How Barbarous We Are
ZD 219
Almond and Borry
Z.355
Amidst the Shades and Cool Refreshing Streams
Z.356
Amintas, to My Grief I See
Z.357
Amintor, Heedless of his Flocks
Z.572
Amphitryon
Z.241
An Ape, a Lion, a Fox and an Ass
Z.320
Arise, My Muse
Z.242
As Roger Last Night
Z.358
Ask Me to Love No More
Z.573
Aureng-Zebe
Z.1
Awake, Put on Thy Strength
Z.360
Bacchus Is a Power Divine
Z.131
Beati omnes qui timent Dominum
Z.3
Behold Now, Praise the Lord
Z.761
Beneath a Dark, a Melancholy Grove
Z.361
Beware, Poor Shepherds
Z.8
Blessed Is He whose Unrighteousness
Z.574
Bonduca
Z.11
Bow Down Thine Ear
Z.243
Bring the Bowl and Cool Nantz
Z.244
Call for the Reckoning
Z.591
The Canterbury Guests
Z.362
Cease, Anxious World
Z.363
Cease, O My Sad Soul
Z.321
Celebrate this Festival
Z.322
Celestial Music Did the Gods Inspire
Z.364
Celia's Fond, Too Long I've Loved Her
ZT 680
Chaconne in G minor
Z.575
Circe
Z.576
Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero
CloseThineEyes
Close Thine Eyes
Z.483
Come, Dear Companions of th' Arcadian Fields
Z.484
Come, Lay by All Care
Z.245
Come, Let Us Drink
Z.246
Come, My Hearts
Z.468
The Concealment
Z.644
Corant in G major
Z.365
Corinna Is Divinely Fair
Z.367
Cupid, the Slyest Rogue Alive
Z.577
Distressed Innocence
Z.578
Don Quixote
Z.592
The Double Dealer
Z.247
Down, Down with Bacchus
Z.462
Draw Near, You Lovers
Z.248
Drink On, till Night Be Spent
Z.485
Dulcibella, Whene'er I Sue for a Kiss
Z.594
The English Lawyer
Z.579
Epsom Wells
Z.231
Evening Service
Z.486
Fair Cloe, My Breast So Alarms
Z.368
Farewell, All Joys
Z.463
Farewell, Ye Rocks
Z.421
The Fatal Hour Comes On
Z.595
The Fatal Marriage
Z.596
The Female Virtuosos
FieNayPritheeJohn
Fie, Nay, Prithee John
Z.487
Fill the Bowl with Rosy Wine
Z.369
Fly Swift, Ye Hours
Z.324
Fly, Bold Rebellion
Z.571
A Fool's Preferment
Z.325
From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war
Z.370
From Silent Shades
Z.326
From Those Serene and Rapturous Joys
Z.249
Full Bags
GavotteinGmajor
Gavotte in G major
Z.464
Gentle Shepherds, You that Know
TheGlassWasJustTimed
The Glass Was Just Timed
Z.105
Gloria Patri et Filio
Z.489
Go Tell Amynta, Gentle Swain
Z.250
God Save Our Sovereign Charles
Z.597
The Gordion Knot Untied
Z.481
A Grasshopper and a Fly
Z.251
Great Apollo and Bacchus
ZD 221
Ground in C minor
ZT 681
Ground in C minor
ZD 222
Ground in D minor
Z.645
A Ground in Gamut
Z.541
Hark, Damon, hark
Z.542
Hark, how the wild musicians sing
Z.491
Has Yet Your Breast No Pity Learn'd?
Z.490
Haste, Gentle Charon
Z.372
He Himself Courts His Own Ruin
Z.254
He that Drinks Is Immortal
Z.240
A Health to the Nut-Brown Lass
Z.13
Hear Me, O Lord
Z.492
Hence, Fond Deceiver
Z.580
Henry the Second
Z.252
Here's a Health, Pray Let It Pass
Z.253
Here's that Will Challenge All the Fair
Z.493
Here's to Thee, Dick
Z.465
High on a Throne of Glitt'ring Ore
ZT 685
Hornpipe in E minor
Z.373
How Delightful's the Fife of an Innocent Swain
Z.494
How Great Are the Blessings
Z.374
How I Sigh when I Think of the Charms
Z.543
How Pleasant Is this Flowery Plain
Z.495
How Sweet Is the Air and Refreshing
Z.375
I Came, I Saw, and Was Undone
Z.376
I Envy Not a Monarch's Fate
Z.377
I Fain Would Be Free
Z.256
I Gave Her Cakes
Z.381
I Lov'd Fair Celia
Z.382
I Love and I Must
Z.386
I Resolve Against Cringing
Z.498
I Saw Fair Cloris All Alone
Z.387
I Saw that You Were Grown So High
Z.499
I Spy Celia
Z.388
I Take No Pleasure in the Sun's Bright Beams
Z.19
I Was Glad When They Said unto Me
Iwasgladwhentheysaiduntome
I was glad when they said unto me
Z.20
I Will Give Thanks unto Thee, O Lord
Z.255
If All Be True that I Do Think
Z.544
If ever I more riches did desire
Z.378
If Grief Has Any Power to Kill
Z.379
If Music Be the Food of Love
Z.380
If Pray'rs and Tears
Z.496
In All Our Cynthia's Shining Sphere
Z.384
In Cloris All Soft Charms
Z.747
In Nomine of Seven Parts
Z.746
In Nomine of Six Parts
Z.497
In Some Kind Dream
Z.17
In the Midst of Life
Z.16
In Thee, O Lord, Do I Put My Trust
Z.385
In Vain We Dissemble
Z.383
Incassum Lesbia
Z.598
The Indian Emperor
Z.257
Is Charleroy's Siege Come To?
Z.18
It Is a Good Thing to Give Thanks
Z.135
Jehovah, quam multi sunt hostes mei
ZT 686
Jig in G minor
Z.500
Julia, Your Unjust Disdain
Z.581
King Richard the Second
Z.599
The Knight of Malta
Z.329
Laudate Ceciliam
Z.389
Leave these Useless Arts in Loving
Z.390
Let Each Gallant Heart
Z.391
Let Formal Lovers Still Pursue
Z.501
Let Hector, Achilles and Each Brave Commander
Z.24
Let mines eyes run down with tears
Z.258
Let the Grave Folks Go Preach
Z.259
Let Us Drink to the Blades
Z.466
Let Us, Kind Lesbia, Give Away
Z.600
The Libertine
Z.55
The Lord is My Light
Z.25
Lord, How Long wilt Thou be Angry?
Z.136
Lord, I Can Suffer Thy Rebukes
Z.502
Lost Is My Quiet Forever
Z.392
Love Arms Himself in Celia's Eyes
Z.393
Love Is Now Become a Trade
Z.331
Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind
Z.395
Love's Power in My Heart Shall Find No Compliance
Z.396
Love, Thou Can'st Hear
Z.394
Lovely Albina's Come Ashore
Z.276
The Macedon Youth
ZS 68
Mad Tom
Z.601
The Maid's Last Prayer
Z.647
March in C major
Z.648
March in C major
ZT 687
March in C major
Z.602
The Marriage-Hater Matched
Z.603
The Married Beau
Z.277
The Miller's Daughter Riding
Z.649
Minuet in A minor
Z.650
Minuet in A minor
MinuetinCmajor
Minuet in C major
AlbumofTrumpetTunes
Album of Trumpet Tunes
TheBeautiesofPurcell
The Beauties of Purcell
ACollectionofAyresComposdforth
A Collection of Ayres Compos'd for the Theatre
HarmoniaSacra
Harmonia Sacra
Z. 3Minuets
3 Minuets
DieNacht
Die Nacht
OrpheusBritannicus
Orpheus Britannicus
Z. 10SonatasinFourPartsZ802811
10 Sonatas in Four Parts, Z.802-811

Sacred & Choral (9)

Z.193
An Evening Hymn
Z.604
The Massacre of Paris
Z. 5SacredChoruses
5 Sacred Choruses
Z.333
Ode "Love's goddess sure was blind"
Z.341
Welcome Song "Welcome, Vicegerent"
Z.230
Hear my prayer, O Lord (anthem)
Z.132
Funeral Music for Queen Mary
Z.230b
Remember not, Lord, our offences (anthem)
Z.63
Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes (psalm)

Piano Piece (16)

Z.733
Fantasia in F major
Z.734
Fantasia in G minor
Z.735
Fantasia in G minor
Z.736
Fantasia in B-flat major
Z.737
Fantasia in F major
Z.738
Fantasia in C minor
Z.739
Fantasia in D minor
Z.740
Fantasia in A minor
Z.741
Fantasia in E minor
Z.742
Fantasia in G major
Z.743
Fantasia in D minor
Z.745
Fantasia upon One Note
Z. 19FantaziasInNominesandOtherPi
19 Fantazias, In Nomines and Other Pieces
Z. 10PianofortePieces
10 Pianoforte Pieces
Z. 14PiecesfortheViolin
14 Pieces for the Violin
Z. 3Stcke
3 Stücke

Harpsichord (1)

AChoiceCollectionofLessonsfort
A Choice Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinnet

Fantasia (1)

Z.733-743
Fantasias for Strings (11 fantasias in 3 & 4 parts)

Ground (1)

Z.656
Ground in C minor

Prelude (1)

Z.668
Prelude in G major

Keyboard (1)

Z.677
Toccata in A major