Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas

Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 is a work of the English composer Henry Purcell. Free download sheet music and score "Dido and Aeneas" as pdf file use the link on this page.

Instrumentation	Vocal soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra
Language	English
Movements	3 acts
Sections	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
Piece Style	Baroque
Composer Time Period	Baroque
Opus (Catalogue Number)	Z.626
Year of Creation	1677
Year of First Publication	1689

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