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From harmony, from heav'nly harmony : a song for St Cecilia's day, 1687 / Giovanni Battista Draghi ; edited under the supervision of the Purcell Society by Bryan White.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library M1531.D73 S6 2010
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Draghi, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1640-1708.
- Series:
- Purcell Society edition companion series ; v. 3.
- Purcell Society edition companion series ; v. 3
- Standardized Title:
- Song for St. Cecilia's Day
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700--Musical settings.
- Dryden, John.
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
- Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with string orchestra--Scores.
- Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with string orchestra.
- Saint Cecilia's Day--Songs and music.
- Saint Cecilia's Day.
- Genre:
- Songs and music.
- Scores.
- Musical settings.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (xxvi, 86 pages) : facsimiles ; 30 cm.
- Other Title:
- From harmony, from heavenly harmony
- Song for St Cecilia's day
- Place of Publication:
- London : Stainer & Bell, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English words.
- Contents:
- From harmony, from heav'nly harmony
- When nature underneath
- From harmony, from heav'nly harmony
- What passion cannot music raise and quell!
- The trumpet's loud clangour
- The soft complaining flute
- Sharp violins proclaim
- But oh! what art can teach
- Orpheus could lead the savage race
- As from the pow'r of sacred lays.
- Notes:
- Ode for vocal solists, chorus, and string orchestra.
- Composed on a poem by John Dryden.
- Based on primary sources in West Susex Record Office, Chichester (MS Cap. VI/I, ff.13v-33r) and Royal College of Music, London (MS 1106, ff.29-74).
- Figured bass not realized.
- Includes pref. with biographical, historical, and editorial notes; textual commentary: p. 75-86.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0852499094
- 9780852499092
- OCLC:
- 700414935
- Publisher Number:
- M220222788
- 9790220222788
- PC3 Stainer & Bell
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