Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 (Purcell, Henry)

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Editor George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887)
Publisher. Info. London: Musical Antiquarian Society, 1841.
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Editor William Hayman Cummings (1831–1915)
Publisher. Info. The Works of Henry Purcell, Vol.III
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1889. Plate 7590.
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Editor William Hayman Cummings (1831–1915)
Publisher. Info. The Works of Henry Purcell, Vol.III
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1889. Plate 7590.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2328.
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Overture

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Dido's Lament: When I am Laid in Earth (Act III, No.37)

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Editor John Rutter (b. 1945)
Publisher. Info. Oxford Choral Classics: Opera Choruses, No.15
London: Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Editor William Hayman Cummings (1831–1915)
Publisher. Info. The Works of Henry Purcell, Vol.III
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1889. Plate 7590.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2328.
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Dido's Lament: When I am Laid in Earth (Act III, No.37)

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Publisher. Info. Oxford Choral Classics: Opera Choruses, No.15
London: Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Editor Edward Francis Rimbault (1816–1876)
Publisher. Info. London: Metzler and Co., (1870).
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Arranger William Hayman Cummings (1831–1915), piano reduction
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Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d.(ca.1892). Plate 8015.
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Editor Edward Joseph Dent (1876–1957)
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Arranger William Hayman Cummings (1831–1915), piano reduction
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Misc. Notes Includes recitative "Thy Hand Belinda" and with concert ending.
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For Strings (Stoessel)
Arranger Albert Stoessel (1894–1943)
Publisher. Info. Juillard Intermediate Series of Music for String Orchestra (No.2)
New York: G. Schirmer, 1936. Plate 37153c.
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11 more: Banish Sorrow • Fear No Danger • Cupid Only Throws the Dart • To the Hills and the Vales • In Our Deep Vaulted Cell • Thanks to these Lonesome Vales • Come Away Fellow Sailors • Destruction's Our Delight • Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire • With Drooping Wings • Engraving files (MusicXML, for MIDI)

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5 more: Overture (3 tpts. in B♭) • 11. To the Hills and the Vales; 12: The Triumphing Dance • 28. Prelude, Song & Chorus: Come Away, Fellow Sailors • 29. The Sailors' Dance • 31. Destruction's Our Delight; 32. The Witches' Dance

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Overture

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Fear No Danger (Act I, No.6)

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Dido's Lament: When I am Laid in Earth (Act III, No.37)

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For Cello and Piano (Mandozzi)
Arranger Orfeo Mandozzi
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Misc. Notes Dido's Lament: When I am Laid in Earth.
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With Drooping Wings (Act III, No.38)

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Arranger Archibald Thompson Davison (1883–1961)
Publisher. Info. The Concord Series: Harvard University Glee Club Collection of Part Songs for Men's Voices, No.85
Boston: E.C. Schirmer Music Co., 1925. Plate E.C.S. No.175.
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Editor George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887)
Publisher. Info. London: Musical Antiquarian Society, 1841.
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Publisher. Info. I Grandi de L'Opera, Vol.1a No.2
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Publisher. Info. [London?]: Publisher not identified, n.d. [1689?].
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D144
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Work Title Dido and Aeneas
Alternative. Title Dido and Æneas
Name Translations Dydona i Eneasz; Дидона и Эней; 디도와 에네아스; דידו ואניאס; Դիդոնե և Էնեաս; [17 more...]Dido y Eneas; Dido i Enees; Dido és Aeneas; Dido ja Aeneas; Дідона і Еней; Didone ed Enea; ディドとエネアス; Дидона и Еней; Dido og Aeneas; Dido och Aeneas; Dido ve Aeneas; Didona in Enej; Dido a Aeneas; Didono kaj Eneo; Dido și Aeneas; 蒂朵與艾尼亞斯; Διδὼ καὶ Αἰνείας
Name Aliases Dido e Eneias; Dido e Enéias; Didon et Énée; Didon et Enée; Didon et Enee; [10 more...]דידו ואינאיס; דידו ואיניאס; Dido and Eneas; Dido i Aeneas; Dido und Aeneas; Aeneas i Carthago; Dido og Æneas; Dido & Aeneas; Dido in Enej; 狄多與埃涅厄斯
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 204903120; LCCN: n83176115; GND: 300122802; [2 more...]SUDOC: 11088888X; BNF: 13921232z
Composer Purcell, Henry
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Z.626
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IHP 11
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts:
Overture
  • Act I
1. Solo and Chorus: Shake the Cloud
2. Song: Ah! Belinda
3. Recitative: Grief Increases
4. Chorus: When Monarchs Unite
5. Recitative: Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring
6. Duet and Chorus: Fear No Danger
7. Recitative: See Your Royal Guest
8. Chorus: Cupid Only
9. Recitative: If Not for Mine
10. Air: Persue Thy Conquest
11. Chorus: To the Hills and the Vales
12: The Triumphing Dance
  • Act II
13. Prelude for the Witches
14. Chorus: Harm's Our Delight
15. Recitative: The Queen of Carthage
16. Chorus: Ho! Ho! Ho!
17. Recitative: Ruin'd Ere the Set of Sun
18. Chorus: Ho! Ho! Ho!
19. Duet: But, Ere we This Perform
20. Chorus: In Our Deep Vaulted Cell
21. Echo Dance of Furies
22. Ritornelle
23. Song and Chorus: Thanks to These Lonesome Vales
24. Song: Oft She Visits
25. Recitative: Behold, Upon My Bended Spear
26. Song and Chorus: Haste to Town
27. Recitative: Stay, Prince
  • Act III
28. Prelude, Song and Chorus: Come Away, Fellow Sailors
29. The Sailors' Dance
30a. Recitative: See the Flags
30b. Song: Our Next Motion Must Be to Storm
31. Chorus: Destruction's Our Delight
32. The Witches' Dance
33. Recitative: Your Counsel
34. Recitative: But Death, Alas!
35. Chorus: Great Minds
36. Recitative: Thy Hand, Belinda
37. Song: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament)
38. With Drooping Wings
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1677-88
First Performance. 1689 in London, Josias Priest's Girls' School
First Publication. 1689
Librettist Nahum Tate (1652–1715), after Virgil (70 BCE-19 BCE)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
Manuscript Sources Juilliard (early manuscript, 121pp., 1677, refers to work as a "Masque")
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