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Music For A While for Tenor (or Soprano) and Guitar Chamber Music - Digital Sheet Music

‘Musick for a While’

‘Musick for a While’ by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) is a song for voice and continuo, originally written for a 1692 version of Sophocles’ play Oedipus. It was published posthumously in Orpheus Britannicus, Book 2, 1702. Music for a whileShall all your cares beguile.Wond'ring how your pains were eas'dAnd disdaining to be pleas'dTill Alecto free the deadFrom their eternal bands,Till the snakes drop from her head,And the whip from out her hands.Music for a whileShall all your cares beguile.Duration: 2’:50” Score and parts.

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Instrument:
Classical Guitar Tenor Voice Voice Solo
Ensembles:
Chamber Music
Genres:
Baroque Period
Publishers:
Clive Lane
Series:
ArrangeMe
Item types:
Digital
Level:
Intermediate
Usages:
School and Community
Number of Pages:
7

Tenor, Tenor Voice, Vocal Solo, Voice, Voice Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1745432

By Clive Lane. Composed by Henry Purcell (1659-1695). Arranged by Clive Lane. This edition: pdf. Baroque, Chamber. 7 pages. Clive Lane #1306192. Published by Clive Lane (A0.1745432).

‘Musick for a While’ by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) is a song for voice and continuo, originally written for a 1692 version of Sophocles’ play Oedipus. It was published posthumously in Orpheus Britannicus, Book 2, 1702.





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.
Music for a while
Shall all your cares beguile.

Duration: 2’:50”
Score and parts.

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ArrangeMe:
Clive Lane
Series:
ArrangeMe
Instrument:
Guitar Classical Guitar Vocal Voice Tenor Voice Vocal Voice Voice Solo
Ensemble:
Chamber Music
Publisher:
Clive Lane