Format : Sheet music
Henry Purcell’s only Opera proper Dido and Aeneas is a magnificent example of English Baroque music with lively dances and passionate aria sections that demonstrate Purcell’s masterful compositional and choral writing skill. Based on a libretto by Nahum Tate it was first performed in 1689 comprises three acts and lasts about an hour. Filled with dramatic lyricism with a wide range of musical and emotional content it is a monumental Baroque composition considered to be one of England’s foremost operatic works. Dido and Aeneas contains all the elements for a successful opera including a shipwreck sorcery love and lost love anddeath. This is the Vocal and Full Operatic Score edited by Margaret Laurie and Thurston Dart. With its interesting and imaginative realization and authentic editorial process this is an excellent edition that features some performing choices and variants and also includes the reconstructed prologue.
SKU: HL.14011322
ISBN 9780853606246. 8.5x11.0x0.26 inches.
Fifteen Songs And Airs for Contralto or Baritone with piano accompaniment. Edited by Gerald Cooper.
SKU: HL.14011323
ISBN 9780853604174. 8.5x11.0x0.262 inches.
This volume for High voice. Edited by Gerald Cooper.
SKU: 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.
SKU: HL.49002271
ISBN 9790220100956. UPC: 073999591743. 9.0x12.0x0.097 inches.
2 or 3 recorders and piano.
SKU: HL.14042814
ISBN 9788759824177. English.
Poul Ruders' Prologue To Dido And Aenas by Henry Purcell (2011). Text by Nahum Tate.
Commissioned by The Danish National Vocal Ensemble / DR
Scored for Mixed Choir (SATB), String Quartet, Percussion, Theorbe and Harpsichord.Vocal score available: WH31460CParts available: WH31460A
SKU: TM.02802SC
Cembalo in score. Includes recit: Thy hand Belinda.