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Sheet music
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Composed
1694-95 ca.
First published
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Period
Baroque
Catalogue
Z.
Dedication
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Movements
8
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Movements
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8
sections:; Part I; Act II, Scene I 1. Duet (alto & bass): Sing all ye Muses; Act III, Scene II 2. Song (bass): When the world first knew creation; Act IV, Scene I 3. Song (bass): Let the dreadful engines; Act V, Scene II 4. Trio (2 sopranos & bass): With this sacred charming wind; Part II; Act IV, Scene III 5. Dialogue [For a clown and his wife] (soprano & bass): Since times are so bad 6a. Trumpet Prelude to Genius of England 6b. Song (tenor & soprano): Genius of England 7. Song (soprano): Lads and lasses, blithe and gay; Part III; Act V, Scene I 8. Song (soprano): From rosy bowers
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