Music For A While (purcell) 535z2c

Music for a while from "Oedipus"

Arranged from the figured bass by MICHAEL TIPPET and WALTER BERGMANN

q = 50

  

    

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HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695) Z.582, no.2

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                             (p)                          



   (p)

Mu

-



  



sic,

mu

    -

sic for

a

while

 

         shall all

your cares

be-

   

                                                 



         guile,

   

shall all,

   all, all,

   shall all,

              all,

all,

shall all

                                              



your cares



be

   



2

     

        

guile:

      



Won





 

   

-

-

 

  

           

d'ring how your pains

    







were eas'd,







       



 



d'ring,

       

   

  





eas'd



 





   dead,

 



pleas'd,

      

  

  

be

    

till A- lec



      



till A - lec



    

-

to

free the dead

   

    

-

 

 



   

  

And

dis -



  -



to

    

free

the

                        

     

(cresc.)

-

-

                           

to

won



eas'd,



           dain - ing









      



   

              from their e - ter

              (pp)

 

 

   

-

-

       

 

 

  -

          nal,

-

e - ter

    -

-

       

-

-

-





     Till the snakes

  drop,



nal bands,

                                                                  

3

                  

                drop,

drop,

drop,

drop,

drop,

drop,

drop,

drop

                                     (p)                          



   from

  



     her

head,

  

    

 

And the whip,

 Mu

hands.

                   







         

and the whip

                          

 

    



(poco rit.)

     

(p)

-

  



sic,

mu

        

       

 

from out

 

her

    



   -

sic for

a

        

    

4

  

       

        

while

shall all your cares

              



  





be - guile,

 





  

shall all,

all, all,

shall all

your

cares be

                



 

  





  

all,

all, all

       



   

-

    

all,

shall all,

all,

                                

                 all,

 

  



guile,





all,

                 

all,

      

all,





 

      

    (poco rit)



all,

    



shall all



 

   

 

- Music for a while Words by John Dryden Music for a while Shall all your cares beguile: Wond'ring how your pains were eas'd And disdaining to be pleas'd Till Alecto free the dead From their eternal bands, Till the snakes drop from her head, And the whip from out her hands.

your cares be - guile.

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 





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

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