Choir, Orchestra (Full
Score)
SKU:
HL.238318
Full
Score. Composed by
Michael Nyman. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
140 pages. Schott Music
#CH78089. Published by
Schott Music (HL.238318).
UPC: 888680888480.
12x16.75 inches.
English.
Nyman's
2011 The Prologue to
'Dido and Aeneas' is a
prologue to Henry
Purcell's opera on a
libretto by Nahum Tate.
The libretto is based on
Book IV of Virgil's
Aeneid. It recounts the
love of Dido, Queen of
Carthage, for the Trojan
hero Aeneas, and her
despair when he abandons
her. This edition of the
work is scored for SATB,
String section and
Harpsichord.