P Purcell, Henry 1659 - 1695 · Baroque

The Indian Queen, Z.630

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Baroque Theatrical Works Operas 2 hours 1a. First Music: First Air 1b. First Music: Second Air 2a. Second Music: First Air (Hornpipe) 2b. Second Music: Second Air (Hornpipe) 3a. Overture 3b. [Trumpet Tune]; *Act I Prologue 4a. Song (boy): Wake, Quivera 4b. Song (girl/Quivera): Why should men quarrel? 4c. [Recitative] (boy): By ancient prophecies 4d. [Duet] (boy & girl): If these be, they are welcome 4e. Song (boy): Their looks are such 4f. Song (girl): If so, your goodness may your pow'r express [repeat 3b. Trumpet Tune] [First Act Tune: repeat 3b. Trumpet Tune]; *Act II 5. Symphony [*** - Canzona - Adagio - Allegro] 6a. Song (alto/Fame) & Chorus: I come to sing 6b. Trio (alto, tenor & bass): What flatt'ring noise is this 6c. Song (alto/Fame): Scorn'd Envy 6d. Song (bass/Envy) & Trio (alto, tenor & bass): I fly from the place 6e. Song (alto/Fame): Be gone, curst fiends of Hell 6f. [Trumpet Tune] [repeat Chorus 6a. I come to sing] 7. Dance [Second Act Tune: repeat 5. Symphony]; *Act III 8. Dance 9a. [Recitative] (bass/Ismeron): Ye twice ten hundred deities 9b. Song (bass/Ismeron): By the croaking of the toad 9c. Song (bass/Ismeron): While bubbling Springs 10. Symphony 11. Song (soprano/God of Dreams): Seek not to know 12. Trumpet Overture [*** - Canzona - Slow] 13a. Duet (alto & tenor/Aerial Spirits): Ah! how happy are we 13b. Duet (alto & tenor/Aerial Spirits) & Chorus: We the spirits of the air 14. Song (soprano): I attempt from Love's sickness 15. Third Act Tune; *Act IV 16. Song (soprano/Orazia): They tell us that your mighty powers above; *Act IV 17. Fourth Act Tune [instrumental version of 16. They tell us . . .]; *Act V 18. Chorus: While thus we bow 19. [Recitative (bass/High Priest & chorus)]: You who at the altar 20. Chorus: All dismal sounds; *Additional Act [by Daniel Purcell] 21. Symphony 22a. [Recitative] (bass/Hymen): To bless the genial bed 22b. Song (soprano/A Follower of Hymen): Come all at my call 22c. Chorus: Come all and sing great Hymen's praise 22d. Duet (soprano & bass/Two Married People): I'm glad I have met him 22e. Song (bass/Hymen): Good people, I'd make you all blest 22f. Duet (soprano & bass/Two Married People): My honey, my pug 22g. Song (soprano): The joys of wedlock soon are past 22h. Song (alto): Sound, sound the trumpet 22i. Duet (2 basses): Make haste to put on Love's chains 23a. Trumpet Air 23. Chorus: Let loud Renown; *Appendix 24. Air

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1695

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Baroque

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