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Composer: Henry Purcell (1658/9-1695)
Alphabetic listing of musical settings [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]
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Song Cycles, Symphonies, etc.
 Come, ye Sons of Art , Z. 323
Dido and Aeneas , Z. 626 [opera]
Don Quixote , Z. 578
Harmonia Sacra [multi-composer] [collection]
Incidental Music to Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country , Z. 585
Incidental Music to The Libertine -or- The Libertine Destroyed , Z. 600
Incidental Music to The Massacre of Paris , Z. 604
Incidental Music to The Mock Marriage , Z. 605
Incidental Music to Tyrannic Love -or- The Royal Martyr , Z. 613
King Arthur or The British Worthy , Z. 628
Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian , Z. 627
The Fairy Queen, an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream , Z. 629
The Rival Sisters -or- The Violence of Love , Z. 609
Welcome to all the pleasures , Z. 339
All titles of vocal settings in our database, in alphabetic order
A Scotch Tune, Z. 605 no. 2 (Text: Thomas Scott)
A thousand sev'ral ways I tried, Z. 359
Ah, how pleasant 'tis to love, Z. 353 (Text: John Dryden)
Ah! cruel nymph, Z. 352
Ah! how sweet it is to love, Z. 613 no. 2 (in Incidental Music to Tyrannic Love -or- The Royal Martyr) (Text: John Dryden)
Amidst the shades, Z. 355
Amintas, to my grief I see, Z. 356
Amintor, heedless of his flocks, Z. 357
An Epithalamium, Z. 629 no. 39bc (in The Fairy Queen, an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) (Text: Elkanah Settle) ITA FRE
An evening hymn, Z. 193 (in Harmonia Sacra) (Text: Dr. William Fuller, Lord-Bishop of Lincoln) FRE FIN
An evening hymn on a ground, Z. 193 (in Harmonia Sacra) (Text: Dr. William Fuller, Lord-Bishop of Lincoln) FRE FIN
As Amoret and Thyrsis lay, Z. 607 no. 11 (Text: William Congreve)
As soon as the chaos, Z. 602 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
Ask me to love no more, Z. 358
Bacchus is a pow'r divine, Z. 360
Be welcome then, great Sir
Beneath a dark and melancholy grove, Z. 461
Bess of Bedlam, Z. 370
Beware, poor shepherds, Z. 361
Bid the Virtues, Z. 323 no. 7 (in Come, ye Sons of Art) (Text: Nahum Tate) DUT
By beauteous softness
Catch, Z. 244
Cease, anxious world, Z. 362 (Text: Sir George Etheredge)
Cease, o my sad Soul, Z. 363 (Text: C. Webbe)
Celebrate this festival, Z. 321 (Text: Nahum Tate)
Celia has a thousand charms, Z. 609 no. 10 (in The Rival Sisters -or- The Violence of Love) (Text: Robert Gould) SPA
Celia's fond, too long I've lov'd her, Z. 364 (Text: Peter Anthony Motteux)
Come all ye songsters, Z. 629 no. 7 (in The Fairy Queen, an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) (Text: Elkanah Settle)
Come, ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 no. 2 (in Come, ye Sons of Art) (Text: Nahum Tate) DUT
Corinna is divinely fair, Z. 365
Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z. 367 (Text: after Theocritus)
Dear Pretty Youth, Z. 631 (Text: Thomas Shadwell)
Dido's Lament, Z. 626 no. 37 (in Dido and Aeneas) (Text: Nahum Tate) SPA CAT ITA FRE
Draw near, you lovers, Z. 462 (Text: Thomas Stanley)
Elegy upon the Death of Queen Mary, Z. 504 (Text: Henry Parker) FRE
Fair Iris and her swain, Z. 572 no. 11 (Text: John Dryden)
Fairest Isle, Z. 628 (in King Arthur or The British Worthy) (Text: John Dryden) SPA FRE GER
Farewell all joys, Z. 368 (Text: after Florimond de Remond)
Farewell, ye rocks, ye seas and sands, Z. 463 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
Five reasons (Text: Henry Aldrich after Henry Aldrich)
Fled is my love, Z. 571 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
Fly swift, ye hours, Z. 369
For love ev'ry creature (Text: John Dryden)
From rosy bow'rs, Z. 578 no. 9 (in Don Quixote) (Text: Thomas d'Urfey) FRE
From silent shades, Z. 370
From those serene and rapturous joys, Z. 326 (Text: Thomas Flatman)
Go tell Amynta, gentle swain, Z. 489 (Text: John Dryden)
Great God, and just (A penitential hymn), Z. 186 (Text: Bishop Jeremiah Taylor)
Hail to the myrtle shade, Z. 606 (Text: Nathaniel Lee)
Halcyon days, Z. 631 (Text: Thomas Shadwell)
Hark, Damon, hark!, Z. 541
Hark how the wild musicians sing, Z. 542
Hark! how all things, Z. 629 no. 47 (in The Fairy Queen, an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) (Text: Elkanah Settle)
Hark! now the echoing Air, Z. 629 no. 48 (in The Fairy Queen, an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) (Text: Elkanah Settle)
He himself courts his own ruin, Z. 372
Hear my prayer, O Lord (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
Here the deities approve, Z. 339 (in Welcome to all the pleasures) (Text: Christopher Fishburn) FRE
High on a throne of glitt'ring ore, Z. 465 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
How delightful's the life of an innocent swain, Z. 373 (Text: Abraham Cowley)
How happy's the husband, Z. 582 (Text: William Congreve)
How have I stray'd, my God?, Z. 188 (Text: Dr. William Fuller, Lord-Bishop of Lincoln)
How I sigh, Z. 374
How long, great God, Z. 189 (Text: John Norris)
How vile are the Sordid Intrigues, Z. 602 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
I attempt from Love's sickness to fly, Z. 630 (Text: John Dryden) FRE
I came, I saw, and was undone, Z. 375 (Text: Abraham Cowley)
I look'd and saw within, Z. 598 (Text: John Dryden)
I love and I must, Z. 382
I loved fair Celia, Z. 381
I resolve against cringing and whining, Z. 386
I saw that you were grown so high, Z. 387
I see, she flies me, Z. 573 (Text: John Dryden) SPA
I sigh'd, and I pin'd, Z. 571 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
I sigh'd and owned my love, Z. 595
I take no pleasure in the sun's bright beams, Z. 388 (Text: Chamberlaine)
I was glad when they said unto me [multi-text setting] DUT ENG FRE LAT GER FIN
If ever I more riches did desire, Z. 544 (Text: Abraham Cowley)
If grief has any pow'r to kill, Z. 378
If music be the food of love, Z. 379 (Text: Colonel Henry Heveningham) ITA FRE
If pray'rs and tears, Z. 380
If thou wilt give me back my love, Z. 571 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
I'll mount to yon blue Coelum, Z. 571 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
I'll sail upon the Dog-star, Z. 571 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey after John Fletcher)
In all our Cinthia's shining sphere, Z. 496 (Text: Elkanah Settle)
In Cloris all soft charms agree, Z. 384 (Text: John Howe)
In some kind dream, Z. 497 (Text: Sir George Etheredge)
In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z. 190 (Text: Dr. William Fuller, Lord-Bishop of Lincoln)
In the midst of life we are in death, Z. 17a (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts) SPA
In vain 'gainst Love, in vain I strove, Z. 580 (Text: John Bancroft)
In vain the am'rous flute (Text: Nicholas Brady)
In vain we dissemble, Z. 385
Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas, Z. 383 (Text: R. Herbert) ENG
Jenny, 'gin you can love, Z. 571 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
Let each gallant heart, Z. 390 (Text: John Turner)
Let formal lovers still pursue, Z. 391
Let the dreadful engines, Z. 578 no. 3 (in Don Quixote) (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
Let the Graces, Z. 627 no. ? (in Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian) (Text: Thomas Betterton after John Fletcher)
Let the night perish (Job's Curse), Z. 191 (Text: Bishop Jeremiah Taylor)
Let us, kind Lesbia, give away, Z. 466 (Text: after Gaius Valerius Catullus)
Let us wander, Z. 630 (Text: John Dryden)
Lord, how long wilt Thou be angry?, Z. 25 (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
Lord, what is Man, Z. 192 (Text: Dr. William Fuller, Lord-Bishop of Lincoln)
Lost is my quiet, Z. 502
Love and despair, Z. 492
Love arms himself in Celia's eyes, Z. 392 (Text: Matthew Prior)
Love in their little veins inspires, Z. 632 (Text: Thomas Shadwell)
Love is now become a trade, Z. 393
Love quickly is pall'd, Z. 632 (Text: Thomas Shadwell)
Love, thou art best, Z. 596 (Text: Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of Winchilsea)
Love, thou can'st hear, Z. 396 (Text: Sir Robert Howard)
Lovely Albina's come ashore, Z. 394
Love's pow'r in my heart shall find no compliance, Z. 395
Man is for the woman made, Z. 605 no. 3 (Text: Peter Anthony Motteux)
Man that is born of a woman, Z. 27 (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts after Bible or other Sacred Texts) SPA
More love or more disdain I crave, Z. 397 (Text: C. Webbe)
Music for a while, Z. 583 no. 2 (Text: John Dryden) FRE
Musing on cares, Z. 467
My heart, whenever you appear, Z. 399
My op'ning eyes are purg'd, ZD. 72 (in Harmonia Sacra)
My song shall be alway, Z. 31 (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
No, resistance is but vain, Z. 601 (Text: Anthony Henly)
No, to what purpose should I speak?, Z. 468 (Text: Abraham Cowley)
Not all my torments can your pity move, Z. 400 FRE
Nymphs and Shepherds, Z. 600 no. 1 (in Incidental Music to The Libertine -or- The Libertine Destroyed) (Text: Thomas Shadwell)
Nymphs and shepherds [multi-text setting]
O lead me to some peaceful gloom, Z. 574 (Text: John Fletcher) FRE
O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z. 406 (Text: Katherine Philips after Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant)
O! fair Cedaria, Z. 402
Ode for St Cecilia's Day, Z. 334
Oh! what a scene does entertain my sight, Z. 506
Oh! how you protest, Z. 605 no. 1 (in Incidental Music to The Mock Marriage) (Text: Thomas Scott)
Olinda in the shades unseen, Z. 404
On the brow of Richmond Hill, Z. 405 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
One, two, three
Pastoral Elegy on the Death of Mr. John Playford, Z. 464 (Text: Nahum Tate)
Pastora's beauties when unblown, Z. 407
Phillis, I can ne'er forgive it, Z. 408
Phillis, talk no more of passion, Z. 409
Pious Celinda goes to prayers, Z. 410 (Text: William Congreve) GER
Prepare, prepare, new guests draw near, Z. 600 no. 2 (in Incidental Music to The Libertine -or- The Libertine Destroyed) (Text: Thomas Shadwell)
Raise, raise the voice, Z. 334
Rashly I swore I would disown, Z. 411
Remember not, Lord, our offences (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts) GER
Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z. 581 (Text: Nahum Tate) FRE
Rondo, Z. 630 (Text: John Dryden) FRE
Sawney is a bonny lad, Z. 412 (Text: Peter Anthony Motteux) ITA
Scarce had the rising sun appear'd, Z. 469
Secresy's Song, Z. 629 no. 13 (in The Fairy Queen, an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) (Text: Elkanah Settle) FRE
See how the fading glories of the year, Z. 470
See Nature, rejoicing, Z. 323 no. 9 (in Come, ye Sons of Art) (Text: Nahum Tate) DUT
See where she sits (Weeping), Z. 508 (Text: Abraham Cowley)
See! where repenting Celia lyes, Z. 603 (Text: John Crowne)
Seek not to know, Z. 630 (Text: John Dryden)
She loves and she confesses, too (Text: Abraham Cowley)
She that would gain a faithful lover, Z. 414 (Text: Lady E. M.)
She, who my poor heart possesses, Z. 415
Shepherd, leave decoying, Z. 628 no. 16 (in King Arthur or The British Worthy) (Text: John Dryden)
Shepherd, shepherd leave decoying, Z. 628 (Text: John Dryden)
Since from my dear Astrea's sight, Z. 627 no. 31b (in Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian) (Text: Thomas Betterton after John Fletcher) FRE
Since one poor view has drawn my heart, Z. 416
Since the pox or the plague, Z. 471
Sound the trumpet, Z. 335 (Text: Nahum Tate) DUT FRE
Sound the trumpet, Z. 323 no. 3 (in Come, ye Sons of Art) (Text: Nahum Tate) DUT FRE
Spite of the godhead, Z. 417 (Text: Anne Wharton)
Still I'm wishing, Z. 627 no. 33 (in Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian) (Text: Thomas Betterton after John Fletcher)
Strike the Viol (Text: Nahum Tate) DUT FRE
Strike the viol, Z. 323 no. 5 (in Come, ye Sons of Art) (Text: Nahum Tate) DUT FRE
Stript of their green our Groves appear, Z. 444 (Text: Peter Anthony Motteux)
Sweet, be no longer sad, Z. 418 (Text: C. Webbe)
Sweeter than roses, Z. 585 no. 1 (in Incidental Music to Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country) FRE
Sweetness of nature (Text: Charles Sedley, Sir)
Sylvia, now your scorn give over, Z. 420
Sylvia, 'tis true you're fair, Z. 512
Take not a woman's anger ill, Z. 609 no. 11 (in The Rival Sisters -or- The Violence of Love) (Text: Robert Gould)
Tell me no more, Z. 601
Tell me why, Z. 627 no. 35 (in Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian) (Text: Thomas Betterton after John Fletcher)
That I may see, Z. 33 (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation, Z. 196 (Text: Nahum Tate)
The danger is over, Z. 595 (Text: Thomas Southerne)
The earth trembled, Z. 197 (Text: Francis Quarles)
The fatal hour comes on apace, Z. 421
The Honour of a Jubilee, Z. 323 no. 6 (in Come, ye Sons of Art) (Text: Nahum Tate) DUT
The knotting song, Z. 371 (Text: Charles Sedley, Sir) GER
The night is come, ZD. 77 (in Harmonia Sacra)
The Owl Is Abroad [misattr.]
The plaint, Z. 629 no. 40 (in The Fairy Queen, an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) (Text: Elkanah Settle) FRE
There's not a swain, Z. 587 (Text: John Fletcher)
There's nothing so fatal as Woman, Z. 571 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
These are the sacred charms, Z. 323 no. 8 (in Come, ye Sons of Art) (Text: Nahum Tate) DUT
They say you're angry, Z. 422 (Text: Abraham Cowley)
They tell us that your mighty powers, Z. 630 (Text: John Dryden)
This poet sings the Trojan wars, Z. 423 (Text: after Anacreon)
Thou knowest Lord, Z. 58 (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts) SPA
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z. 58b (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts) SPA
Thou wakeful shepherd (A morning hymn), Z. 198 (Text: Dr. William Fuller, Lord-Bishop of Lincoln)
Though you make no return, Z. 601 (Text: Thomas Southerne)
Thrice happy lovers, Z. 629 no. 39bc (in The Fairy Queen, an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) (Text: Elkanah Settle) ITA FRE
Through mournful shades and solitary groves, Z. 424 (Text: Richard Duke)
Thy Genius, lo, Z. 604 (in Incidental Music to The Massacre of Paris) (Text: Nathaniel Lee)
'Tis death alone, Z. 571 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
Tis Nature's voice, Z. 328 (Text: Nicholas Brady)
To arms, Heroick Prince, Z. 600 no. 3 (in Incidental Music to The Libertine -or- The Libertine Destroyed)
Under this stone, Z. 286
Urge me no more, Z. 426
We sing to Him, Z. 199 (Text: Nathaniel Ingelo)
What a sad fate is mine, Z. 428
What can we poor females do?, Z. 429
What hope for us remains now he is gone?, Z. 472
What power art thou, Z. 628 no. 20 (in King Arthur or The British Worthy) FRE
What shall I do, Z. 627 no. 18 (in Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian) (Text: Thomas Betterton after John Fletcher)
When first Amintas sued for a kiss, Z. 430 (Text: Thomas d'Urfey)
When first my shepherdess and I, Z. 431
When her languishing eyes said "Love!", Z. 432
When I have often heard young maids complaining, Z. 629 no. 23 (in The Fairy Queen, an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) (Text: Elkanah Settle)
When my Aemelia smiles, Z. 434
When Strephon found his passion vain, Z. 435
While Thirsis, wrapp'd in downy sleep, Z. 437
Whilst Cynthia sung, Z. 438
Whilst I with grief, Z. 610
Who but a slave can well express, Z. 440
Who can behold Florella's charms, Z. 441
Why, my Daphne, why complaining?, Z. 525
Why should men quarrel, Z. 630 (Text: John Dryden)
With sick and famish'd eyes, Z. 200 (Text: George Herbert)
Ye happy swains, Z. 443
Ye tuneful Muses, Z. 344
You say 'tis Love, Z. 628 (Text: John Dryden)
Young Thirsis' fate, Z. 473 (Text: Nahum Tate)
Your Awful Voice, Z. 631 (Text: Thomas Shadwell)
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