Vocal Solos and Vocal
Duets with orchestra
SKU: ST.PE27
Composed by Henry
Purcell. Edited by Bruce
Wood. Library Volumes.
Edited Bruce Wood. First
published in 2007..
Pages: 176. Format:
Hardback. Dimensions
(mm): 303 x 213 x 16.
Full score. Stainer &
Bell Ltd. #PE27.
Published by Stainer &
Bell Ltd. (ST.PE27).
ISBN
9790220222009.
A
collection of five
cantatas and three vocal
duets, plus In a deep
vision's intellectual
scene ('The
Complaint') for two
sopranos, bass and
continuo, these nine
symphony songs are
similar in style and
structure to their sacred
counterparts, the
symphony anthems, and
include works to texts by
Charles Howe, Abraham
Cowley and Anon.
CONTENTS
A Serenading
Song (Soft notes, and
gently rais'd)
- SB
solos, 2 treble
recorders, instrumental
bass and continuo
Hark, Damon,
hark!
- SB solos, 2
violins, 2 treble
recorders, instrumental
bass and continuo
Hark how the wild
musicians sing
- TTB
solos, 2 violins,
instrumental bass and
continuo
How
pleasant is this flow'ry
plain
- ST solos, 2
treble recorders,
instrumental bass and
continuo
If ever
I more riches did
desire
- SSTB solos,
2 violins, instrumental
bass and continuo
In a deep vision's
intellectual scene (The
Complaint)
- SSB
solos, instrumental bass
and continuo
Oh!
what a scene does
entertain my sight!
-
SB solos, violin,
instrumental bass and
continuo
See
where she sits
(Weeping)
- SB solos,
2 violins, instrumental
bass and continuo
Soft Notes, and
gently rais'd (A
Serenading Song)
- SB
solos, 2 treble recorders
instrumental bass and
continuo
The
Complaint (In a deep
vision's intellectual
scene)
- SSB solos,
instrumental bass and
continuo
Weeping
(See where she sits)
- SB solos, 2 violins,
instrumental bass and
continuo
We reap
all the pleasures
(incomplete)
- STB
solos, 2 treble
recorders, instrumental
bass and continuo.