Music

The music played at his funeral was none other then the music he had just finished composing for the Queen's death. Purcell was a composer, organist and bass and counter tenor signer. It's sad that his music has gone into forms that are difficult No complete score exists from Purcell's music or his time . Purcell provided a number of verse anthems and full anthems for the Church of England, as well as hymns for the Morning and Evening Service. The anthems offer considerable musical interest. Instrumental music by Purcell, in addition to the theater music, includes sets of fantasias for viols and two sets of trio sonatas. Although Purcell was employed for over half his life as an organist of the Chapel Royal and at West minster Abbey, he wrote relatively little for the instrument. His harpsichord music includes a number of suites, some of which include transcriptions of his own theater music. Purcell was the greatest English composer of the Baroque period. His earliest surviving works date from 1680. Much of the theater music consists of songs and instrumental pieces for spoken plays, but during the last five years of his life Purcell collaborated on five 'semi operas'. His only true opera was Dido and Aeneas, written for a girls' school. Purcell was said to be master at any type of music that he turned his hand to. A complete list of Purcell's music does not exist yet because they are still finding more of his pieces. The most updated list is listed below.

The most updated list

Anthems

Awake, put on thy strength
Behold, I bring you glad tidings
Behold now, praise the Lord
Blessed are they that fear the Lord
Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven
Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord
Blow up the trumpet in Sion
Bow down thine ear, O Lord
Hear my prayer, O Lord
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust
In the midst of life
It is a good thing to give thanks
I was glad when they said unto me (verse anthem)
I was glad when they said unto me (full anthem)
I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord
I will give thanks unto the Lord
I will sing unto the Lord
Let God arise
Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?
Lord, who can tell how oft he offendeth?
Man that is born of a woman
My beloved spake
My heart is fixed, O God
My heart is inditing
My song shall be always
O consider my adversity
O give thanks unto the Lord
O God, the king of glory,
O God, thou art my God
O God, thou hast cast us out
O Lord God of hosts
O Lord, grant the kind a long life
O Lord our governor
O praise God in his holiness
O sing unto the Lord
Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me
Praise the Lord, O my soul, O Lord my God
Rejoice in the Lord alway
Remember not, Lord, our offences
Save me, O God
The Lord is my light
They that go down to the sea in ships
Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
Thy righteousness, O God, is very high
Thy way, O God, is holy
Thy word is a lantern unto my feet
Turn thou us, O good Lord
Unto thee will I cry, O Lord
Why do the heathen so furiously rage together?
If the Lord himself
Praise the Lord, ye servants
O God, they that love thy name

Catches
An ape, a lion, a fox and an ass
God save our sovereign Charles
Here's that will challenge all the fair
Is Charleroy's siege come too?
Let us drink to the blades
Now England's great council's assembled (A catch made in the time of Parliament)
Of all the instruments that are (A catch for three voices in commendation of the
viol)
Room for th'express
Sir Walter enjoying his damsel
The surrender of Limerick
To all lovers of music
True Englishmen drink a good health to the mitre
Well run, Tom, boy

Consort Music
Chacony in G minor
3 parts upon a Ground
Fantasia no. 1 à 3 in D minor
Fantasia no. 2 à 3 in F major
Fantasia no. 3 à 3 in G minor
Fantasia no. 4 à 4 in G minor
Fantasia no. 5 à 4 in B flat major
Fantasia no. 6 à 4 in F major
Fantasia no. 8 à 4 in D minor
Fantasia no. 9 à 4 in A minor
Fantasia no. 11 à 4 in G major
Fantasia no. 12 à 4 in D minor
Fantasia upon One Note à 5 in F major
In nomine à 6 in G minor
In nomine à 7 in G minor
Pavan à 3 in A major
Pavan à 3 in A minor
Pavan à 3 in B flat major
Pavan à 3 in G minor
Pavan à 4 in G minor
Suite in G major
Overture à 4 in D minor
Overture à s in G minor
Sonata in G minor
Trio sonata in A minor, 1683 no. 5
Trio sonata in G major, 1683 no. 8
Trio sonata in C minor, 1683 no. 9
Trio sonata in A minor, 1697 no. 3
Trio sonata in G minor, 1697 no. 8
Trio sonata in D major, 1697 no. 10
March and Canzona
Staircase Overture in B flat major
Fragmentary dances in Osborn MS

Keyboard

Suite no. 1 in G major
Suite no. 2 in G minor
Suite no. 3 in G major
Suite no. 4 in A minor
Suite in C Major
Suite no. 5 in C Major
Suite no. 6 in D major
Suite no. 7 in D minor (Bell Bar)
Suite no. 8 in F major
Chacone in G minor
Ground in C minor
A new Ground in E minor
Verse in F major
Voluntary in C major
Voluntary in D minor
Voluntary for double organ in D minor
Voluntary in G major
Voluntary on the 100th Psalm
Ground in D minor
Toccata in A major
Voluntary in C major
Verse in the Phrygian Mode

Odes

Arise, my Muse
Celebrate this festival
Celestial music did the gods inspire
Come, ye sons of art, away
Fly, bold rebellion
From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war
From those serene and rapturous joys
Great patent, hail
Hail, bright Cecilia
Laudate Ceciliam
Love's goddess sure was blind
Now does the glorious day appear
Of old when heroes thought it base (The Yorkshire Feast Song)
Raise, raise the voice
Sound the trumpet, beat the drum
Swifter, Isis, swifter flow
The summer's absence unconcerned we bear
Welcome, welcome, glorious morn
Welcome to all the pleasures
Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty king
What, what shall be done in behalf of the man?
Who can from joy refrain?
Why, why are all the Muses mute?
Ye tuneful Muses, raise Your heads
Address of the Children of the Chapel Royal to the King

Secular Music

Ah! how pleasant 'tis to love
Cupid, the slyest rogue alive
From silent shades (Bess of Bedlam)
How I sigh when I think of the charms of my swain
I love and I must (Bell Bar)
Let each gallant heart
Love arms himself in Celia's arms
Love's power in my heart shall find no compliance
Love, thou can'st hear
More love or more disdain I crave
O how happy's he who from bus'ness free
O solitude, my sweetest choice
Phillis, I can ne'er forgive it
She loves and she confesses too
She that would gain a faithful lover
Sylvia, now your scorn give over
The fatal hour comes on apace
They say you're angry (The Rich Rival)
Urge me no more
Who can behold Florella's charms?
Gentle shepherds, you that know
What hope for us remains now be is gone?
Haste, gentle Charon (Orpheus and Charon)
Has yet your breast no pity learn'd? (Strephon and Dorinda)
Hence, fond deceiver (Love and Despair)
How great are the blessings of government made
Oh! what a scene does entertain my sight
See where she sits
Soft notes and gently raised accent
What can we poor females do?
While you for me alone had charms (Horace and Lydia)
Why, my Daphne, why complaining? (Thyrsis and Daphne)
Hark, Damon, hark
Hark how the wild musicians sing
How pleasant is this flowery plain
lf ever I more riches did desire
In a deep vision's intellectual scene (The Complaint)
We reap all the pleasures
Sweet tyranness, I now resign my heart

Services
Service in B flat major
Evening Service in G minor
Te Deum and jubilate in D major

Theater

Abdelazer
A Fool's Preferment
Amphitryon
Bonduca
Circe
Distressed Innocence
Don Quixote
The Sicilian Usurper (Richard III)
Oedipus
Sir Barnaby Whigg
Sophonisba
The Double Dealer
The Double Marriage
The English Lawyer
The Gordian Knot unty'd
The Libertine
The Married Beau
The Massacre of Paris
Theodosius
The Rival Sisters
The Virtuous Wife
Dido and Aeneas
Dioclesian
King Arthur
The Fairy Queen
The Indian Queen
The Tempest
Timon of Athens

Sacred Music

Domine non est exaltatum cor meum
Ah! few and full of sorrow
Beati omnes qui timent Dominum
Hear me, O Lord, the great support
In guilty night (Saul and the Witch of Endor)
Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes
O, I'm sick of life
Awake, ye dead (Hymn upon the Last Day)
Close thine eyes and sleep secure
Let the night perish (Job's Curse)
Lord, what is man?
Now that the sun hath veiled his light (An Evening Hymn)
Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation)

Total List

Anthems

Domestic sacred music

Services

Service in B flat major
Evening Service in G minor
Te Deum and jubilate in D major

Cathes

An ape, a lion, a fox and an ass
God save our sovereign Charles
Here's that will challenge all the fair
Is Charleroy's siege come too?
Let us drink to the blades
Now England's great council's assembled (A catch made in the time of Parliament)
Of all the instruments that are (A catch for three voices in commendation of the
viol)
Room for th'express
Sir Walter enjoying his damsel
The surrender of Limerick
To all lovers of music
Well run, Tom, boy

Odes

Arise, my Muse
Celebrate this festival
Celestial music did the gods inspire
Come, ye sons of art, away
Fly, bold rebellion
From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war
From those serene and rapturous joys
Great patent, hail
Hail, bright Cecilia
Laudate Ceciliam
Love's goddess sure was blind
Now does the glorious day appear
Of old when heroes thought it base (The Yorkshire Feast Song)
Raise, raise the voice
Sound the trumpet, beat the drum
Swifter, Isis, swifter flow
The summer's absence unconcerned we bear
Welcome, welcome, glorious morn
Welcome to all the pleasures
Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty king
What, what shall be done in behalf of the man?
Who can from joy refrain?
Why, why are all the Muses mute?
Ye tuneful Muses, raise Y-r heads
Address of the Children of the Chapel Royal to the King

Secular vocal music

Theatre works

Keyboard music

Consort music

Chacony in G minor
3 parts upon a Ground
Fantasia no. 1 à 3 in D minor
Fantasia no. 2 à 3 in F major
Fantasia no. 3 à 3 in G minor
Fantasia no. 4 à 4 in G minor
Fantasia no. 5 à 4 in B flat major
Fantasia no. 6 à 4 in F major
Fantasia no. 8 à 4 in D minor
Fantasia no. 9 à 4 in A minor
Fantasia no. 11 à 4 in G major
Fantasia no. 12 à 4 in D minor
Fantasia upon One Note à 5 in F major
In nomine à 6 in G minor
In nomine à 7 in G minor
Pavan à 3 in A major
Pavan à 3 in A minor
Pavan à 3 in B flat major
Pavan à 3 in G minor
Pavan à 4 in G minor
Suite in G major
Overture à 4 in D minor
Overture à s in G minor
Sonata in G minor
Trio sonata in A minor, 1683 no. 5
Trio sonata in G major, 1683 no. 8
Trio sonata in C minor, 1683 no. 9
Trio sonata in A minor, 1697 no. 3
Trio sonata in G minor, 1697 no. 8
Trio sonata in D major, 1697 no. 10
March and Canzona
Staircase Overture in B flat major
Fragmentary dances in Osborn MS

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