Details
- Instrument:
- Classical Guitar Oboe
- Genres:
- Baroque Period
- Composers:
- Henry Purcell
- Publishers:
- David Warin Solomons
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Artist:
- Henry Purcell
- Arrangers:
- David Warin Solomons
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 6
SKU: A0.576545
Composed by Henry Purcell. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. This edition: pdf, streaming. Baroque. 6 pages. David Warin Solomons #36191. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.576545).One of several arrangements for melody instrument and classical guitar of Music for a While by Henry Purcell. An ascending ground bass forms the basis of the piece, with melodic development layered above. The pdf file contains the score and parts. The sound sample is an electronic preview.
The original words, by John Dryden, are:
"Music for a while
Shall all your cares beguile.
Wond'ring how your pains were eas'd
And disdaining to be pleas'd
Till Alecto free the dead
From their eternal bands,
Till the snakes drop from her head,
And the whip from out her hands.".
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- Artists:
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- Publisher:
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