For Thou O Lord Art High Above All the Earth Author

Life

Born: ten September 1659

Died: 21 November 1695

Biography

The entry in Cathedral Music, Book 2 (William Boyce) reads:

"Henry Purcell, was 1 of the Children of the Chapel Majestic, and became Organist of the same in 1682. He was also Organist of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, which Place he resigned in 1693.

He died in 1695, aged 37, and was buried in the Due north Isle of the said Church. On the Stone erected to his Retention is inscribed

Hither lies Henry Purcell, Esq; who left this Place, and is gone to that Blest Place where merely his Harmony can be exceeded.

And on his Grave-stone, as follows:

Applaud so great a Guest Celestial Pow'rs, / Who now resides with you, but once was ours:

Yet let invidious Earth no more repossess / Her brusque-liv'd Fav'rite, and her chiefest Fame,

Lament that and so prematurely dy'd / Good Nature'due south Pleasure, and Devotion's Pride,

Dy'd! No, he lives while yonder Organs audio, / And sacred Echoes to the Choir rebound.

The Poet Dryden wrote an Elegy on his Decease, which was prepare to Music past Dr. John Accident, who had been his Master. He appears to have possessed a Genius superior to any of his Predecessors, together with a depth of Musical Knowledge not inferior to the nearly learned of them. His Talents were not confined to any item Manner or Stile of Limerick, for he was equally excellent in every affair he attempted; and it is doing just common Justice to his Memory to acknowledge, that his Works, in full general, bear upon more than powerfully, than those of nearly whatever other Writer."

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List of choral works

For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, encounter Henry Purcell compositions

Sacred works

Services

Communion service in B flat
- Kyrie, Z 230/5
- Nicene creed, Z 230/half-dozen
Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Z 860

Anthems

Run across too a sortable tabular array of Purcell anthems.

Awake, put on thy strength, Z 1
Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, Z 131
Behold, I bring you glad tidings, Z 2
Behold at present, praise the Lord, Z three
Be merciful unto me, Z iv
Blessed are they that fear the Lord, Z 5
Blest be the Lord my strength, Z 6
Blessed is he that considereth the poor, Z 7
Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, Z viii
Blest is the man that feareth the Lord, Z 9
Blow upwardly the trumpet in Sion, Z 10
Bow downward thine ear, O Lord, Z 11
Declare his honour (part of O sing unto the Lord, Z 44)
Give judgement with me, O Lord, Z 12
Hear me, O Lord, and that soon
- a 4, Z 13a
- a 5, Z 13b
Hear my prayer, O God, Z 14
Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z 15
If the Lord himself, ZN 66
In thee, O Lord, exercise I put my trust, Z 16
In the midst of life
- Z 17a, SATB (SATB)
- Z 17b, ATB (SATB)
It is a good matter to requite thanks, Z 18
I was glad
- I was glad (total canticle)
- Z nineteen, SATB with strings
I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, Z 20
I will requite thanks unto the Lord, Z 21
I will beloved thee, Z 67
I will sing unto the Lord, Z 22
In God'due south word will I rejoice an excerpt from Exist merciful unto me, Z 4
Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei, Z 135
Let God arise, Z 23
Let mine optics run downwards with tears, Z 24
Lord, how long wilt Thou exist angry, Z 25
Lord, I tin suffer thy rebukes, Z 136
Lord, who can tell how oft he offendeth? Z 26
Man that is built-in of a adult female, Z 27
My beloved spake, Z 28

My heart is fixed, O God, Z 29
My center is inditing, Z xxx
My song shall be alway, Z 31
O consider my adversity, Z 32
O give thanks unto the Lord, Z 33
O God, the Male monarch of glory, Z 34
O God, they that beloved thy proper noun, ZD 4
O God, yard art my God, Z 35
O God, thou hast bandage us out, Z 36
O Lord God of hosts, Z 37
O Lord, grant the Rex a long life, Z 38
O Lord, Our Governor, Z 39
O Lord, rebuke me non, Z 40
O Lord, Grand art my God, Z 41
O praise God in his holiness, Z 42
O praise the Lord, all ye heathen, Z 43
O sing unto the Lord, Z 44
Out of the deep, Z 45
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, Z 46
Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, Z 47
Praise the Lord, O my soul, O Lord my God, Z 48
Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z 49
Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z 50
Relieve me, O God, Z 51
Sing unto God, Z 52
The Lord is king, be the people never and then impatient, Z 53
The Lord is Rex, the earth may be glad thereof, Z 54
The Lord is my low-cal, Z 55
The way of God is an undefiled mode, Z 56
They that get downward to the ocean, Z 57
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
- Z 58a
- Z 58b
- Z 58c (Total anthem)
Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, Z 59
Thy way, O God, is holy, Z 60
Thy discussion is a lantern, Z 61
Turn thou the states, O good Lord, Z 62
Unto Thee will I cry, Z 63
Who hath believed our report? Z 64
Why do the heathen so furiously rage together? Z 65

Hymns and sacred songs

Ah! few and full of sorrow, Z 130 (c. 1680)
Alleluia ( 3 editions available )
Awake, and with attention hear, Z 181 (published 1681)
Awake, ye dead, Z 182
Begin the vocal (The Resurrection), Z 183
Shut thine optics and sleep secure, Z 184
Early, O Lord, my fainting soul, Z 132 (c. 1680)
Full of wrath his threatening breath, Z 185 (Unknown)
Gloria Patri, Z 103 (c. 1680)
Gloria Patri, Z 104 – Canon 3 in 1 (c. 1680)
Gloria Patri, Z 105 – Canon iv in i (c. 1680)
Gloria Patri, Z 106 – Canon four in 1 (c. 1680)
Gloria Patri, Z 107 – Canon 7 in 1 at the unison (Unknown)
Cracking God and only, Z 186 (published 1688)
Hear me, O Lord, the bully support, Z 133
Hosanna to the highest, Z 187 (Unknown)
How take I stray'd, Z 188 (published 1688)
How long, great God?, Z 189 (published 1688)
In guilty night, Z 134
In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z 190 (published 1688)
Joy, mirth, triumphs I do defy, Z 101 (Unknown)

Laudate Deum omnes gentes Canon iii in one at the unison
Laudate Dominum, Z 108 – Canon three in i (probably refers to "Laudate Deum")
Let the dark perish, Z 191 (published 1688)
Lord, not to us, Z 137
Lord, what is man, Z 192 (published 1693)
Miserere mei, Z 109 – Canon 4 in ii (published 1687)
At present that the lord's day hath veil'd his calorie-free, Z 193
O all ye people, handclapping your hands, Z 138 (c. 1680)
O happy man that fears the Lord, Z 139
O, I'grand sick of life Z 140 (c. 1680)
O Lord our governor Z 141 (c. 1680)
Plung'd in the confines of despair Z 142 (c. 1680)
Since God so tender a regard, Z 143 (c. 1680)
Sing, ye faithful
Sleep, Adam, sleep and take thy rest, Z 195 (published 1688)
Tell me, some pitying angel, Z 196 (published 1693)

The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation

The earth trembled, Z 197
K wakeful shepherd, that does State of israel keep, Z 198
We sing to him, whose wisdom form'd the ear, Z 199 (published 1688)
When on my sickbed I languish Z 144 (c. 1680)
With sick and famish'd eyes, Z 200 (published 1688)

Secular works

Catches

A wellness to the nut-brown lass, Z 240 (1685) (in ten catches)
An ape, a lion, a fox and an ass, Z 241 (1686)
Every bit Roger final night to Jenny lay close, Z 242
At the close of the evening, Z 599/1
Bring the bowl and cool Nantz, Z 243 (1693–94)
Phone call for the reckoning, Z 244 (Unknown)
Come allow us drink, Z 245 (Unknown)
Come my hearts, play your parts, Z 246 (1685)
Downwards, down with Bacchus, Z 247 (1693)
Drink on till night be spent, Z 248 (1686)
Fie, nay, prithee (Unknown)
Full bags, a brisk Canteen, Z 249
The drinking glass was just timed (Unknown)
God salve our sovereign Charles, Z 250 (1685)
Great Apollo and Bacchus, Z 251 (Unknown)
Hither's a wellness, pray let it pass, Z 252 (Unknown)
Here's that will claiming all the Fair, Z 253
He that drinks is immortal, Z 254 (1686) (in 10 catches)
If all be truthful that I practise think, Z 255 (1689) (in 10 catches)
Jack 1000'rt a Toper, Z 574/10 (Unknown)
I gave her cakes and I gave her ale, Z 256 (1690)
Is Charleroy's Siege come to? Z 257
Permit the grave folks become preach, Z 258 (1685)
Let united states drink to the blades, Z 259 (1691)
My Lady'south coachman John, Z 260
Now England'due south keen council's assembled, Z 261 (1685)
Now, now we are met and humours concur, Z 262 (1688)
Of all the instruments, Z 263
In one case in our lives permit us beverage to our wives, Z 264 (1686) (in 10 catches)
Once, Twice, Thrice, I Julia try'd, Z 265

One industrious insect, Z 266 (Unknown)
Pale faces, stand up by, Z 267 (1688)
Pox on you for a fop, Z 269 (Unknown)
Prithee exist n't so sad and serious, Z 269 (Unknown)
Room for th'limited, Z 270 (1694)
Since the duke is render'd, Z 271 (1685)
Since time and then kind to u.s.a. does prove, Z 272
Sir Walter enjoying his damsel, Z 273 (in ten catches) (Unknown)
Soldier, soldier, take off thy vino, Z 274 (Unknown)
Sum upwards all the delights, Z 275 (1688)
The Macedon Youth, Z 276
The miller's daughter riding, Z 277 (1686)
The siege of Limerick, Z 278 (1691) (in 10 catches)
'Tis easy to force, Z 279 (1685)
'Tis also late for a omnibus, Z 280 (1686)
'Tis women makes the states dearest, Z 281 (1685)(in 10 catches)
To all lovers of music, Z 282 (1687)
To thee, to thee and to a Maid, Z 283
Tom making a manteau for a lass (Unknown)
Truthful Englishmen, drink a skilful health, Z 284 (c. 1689)
Nether a dark-green Elm lies Luke Shepherd's Helm, Z 285
Under this stone lies Gabriel John, Z 286 (1686)
When Five and I together see, Z 287 (1686) (in 10 catches)
Who comes there?, Z 288 (1685)
Wine in a morning makes u.s. frolic and gay, Z 289 (1686)
Would you know how we meet, Z 290
Young Colin cleaving of a beam, Z 291 (1691)
Young John the Gard'ner, Z 292

Odes and Welcome Songs

Arise my Muse, Z320 (1690)
Celebrate this festival, Z321 (1693)
- 6. Crown the altar, deck the shrine
- 12. Return fond muse
Celestial music did the gods inspire, Z322 (1689)
Come up, ye Sons of Fine art, Z 323 (1694)
- v. Strike the viol
Fly, assuming rebellion, Z324 (1683)
From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war, Z325 (1683)
From those serene and rapturous joys, Z326 (1684)
Great parent, hail! Z327 (1694)
Hail, bright Cecilia, Z 328 (1692)
- 3. Hark! each tree its silence breaks
- 6. G tun'st this globe below
- 10. In vain the amorous flute
Laudate Ceciliam, Z329 (1683)
Love'southward goddess certain was bullheaded, Z331 (1692)
Now does the glorious 24-hour interval appear, Z332 (1689)

Of old when heroes idea information technology base of operations (Yorkshire Feast Vocal), Z333 (1690)
- iii. The inconversable Thames
- 5. And in each track of celebrity

Raise enhance the vocalization, Z334 (c. 1685)
Sound the trumpet, vanquish the drum, Z335 (1678)
Swifter, Isis, swifter menstruum, Z336 (1681)
The summertime'due south absence unconcerned nosotros behave, Z337 (1682)
Welcome, welcome glorious morning, Z338 (1691)
Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339 (1683)
- 3. Here the deities approve
Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty king, Z340 (1680)
What, what shall be done in behalf of the man? Z341 (1682)
Who can from joy refrain? Z342 (1695)
Why, why are all the Muses mute? Z343 (1685)
Ye tuneful Muses, Z344 (1686)

Songs (A-H)

Aaron thus propos'd to Moses, Z 351 (1688) – Possibly not by Purcell
Ah! Cruel nymph, you requite despair, Z 352 (Unknown)
Ah! how pleasant 'tis to love, Z 353 (1688)
Ah! Cruel nymph, yous give despair, Z 354 (Unknown)
Alas, how barbarous we are, Z 482 (Unknown)
Amongst the shades and absurd refreshing streams, Z 355 (1687)
Amintas, to my grief I run into, Z 356 (1679)
Amintor, heedless of his flocks, Z 357 (1681)
Ask me to love no more than, Z 358 (1694)
A thousand sev'ral ways I tried, Z 359 (1684)
Bacchus is a pw'r divine, Z 360
Below a nighttime and melancholy grove, Z 461 (Unknown)
Bess of Bedlam see From silent shades, Z 370
Beware, poor Shepherds, Z 361 (1684)
Britons, strike domicile! Z 574/sixteen
Cease, anxious world, Z 362 (1687)
Cease, O my sad soul, Z 363 (1678)
Celia'south addicted, besides long I've loved her, Z 364 (1694)
Celia has a g charms, Z 609
Come, dear companions of thursday'Idealized fields, Z 483 (1686)
Come, lay by all intendance, Z 484 (1685)
Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z 367 (1685)
Corinna is divinely fair, Z 365 (1692)
Draw near, you lovers, Z 462 (Unknown)
Dulcibella, when e'er I sue for a buss, Z 485 (1694)

Fair Cloe, my breast so alarms, Z 486 (1692)
Farewell, all joys, Z 368 (1685)
Farewell, ye rocks, Z 463 (1685)
Fill the bowl with rosy wine, Z 487 (1687)
Wing swift, ye hours, Z 369 (1692)
From silent shades and the Elysian groves, Z 370 (1683)
Gently shepherds, you that know, Z 464 (1687)
Become tell Amynta, gentle swain, Z 489 (Unknown)
Hark Damon, hark, Z 541 (Unknown)
Hark how the wild musicians sing, Z 542 (Unknown)
Haste, gentle Charon, Z 490 (Unknown)

A dialogue between Charon and Orpheus

Has yet your chest no pity learn'd? Z 491 (1688)
Hears not my Phyllis, Z 371 (1695)
He himself courts his own ruin, Z 372 (1684)
Hence, fond deceiver, Z 492 (1687)
Here's to thee, Dick, Z 493 (1688)
Loftier on a throne of glitt'band ore, Z 465 (1690)
How delightful'south the life of an innocent fellow, Z 373 (Unknown)
How great are the blessings 'A Wellness to King James', Z 494 (1686)
How I sigh when I think of the charms, Z 374 (1681)
How pleasant is this flowery plain, Z 543 (1688)
How sweet is the air and refreshing, Z 495 (1687)

Songs (I-R)

I came, I saw, and was undone, Z 375 (Unknown)
I green-eyed not a monarch's fate, Z 376 (1693)
I fain would be gratis, Z 377 (Unknown)
I love and I must, Z 382 (Unknown)
I loved fair Celia, Z 381 (1694)
I resolve against cringing, Z 386 (1679)
I saw fair Cloris all alone, Z 498 (1687)
I saw that you were grown so high, Z 387 (1678)
I encounter she flies me, Z 573
I spy Celia, Celia eyes me, Z 499 (1687)
I take no pleasance in the sun'south brilliant beams, Z 388 (1681)
If ever I more riches did desire, Z 544 (Unknown)
If grief has any power to kill, Z 378 (1685)
If music be the food of dearest, Z 379
If prayers and tears, Z 380 (Unknown)
In a deep vision's intellectual scene 'The Complaint', Z 545 (Unknown)
In all our Cynthia's shining sphere, Z 496 (Unknown)
In Cloris all soft charms, Z 384 (1684)
In some kind dream, Z 497 (1687)
In these delightful pleasant groves
In vain we dissemble, Z 385 (1685)
Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas, Z 383 (1695)
Julia, your unjust disdain, Z 500 (1687)
Exit these useless arts in loving, Z 389 (Unknown)
Allow each gallant heart, Z 390 (1683)
Let formal lovers still pursue, Z 391 (1687)
Allow Hector, Achilles and each dauntless commander, Z 501 (1689)
Let usa, kind Lesbia, requite away, Z 466 (1684)

Lost is my tranquillity forever, Z 502
Love artillery himself in Celia'south optics, Z 392 (Unknown)
Love is at present become a trade, Z 393 (1685)
Lovely Albina's come up aground, Z 394 (Unknown)
Love's ability in my middle shall detect no compliance, Z 395 (1688)
Love, one thousand canst hear, tho' thou fine art bullheaded, Z 396 (1695)
Dear thou art best of human joys, Z 596/i
More love or more disdain I require, Z 397 (1678)
Music for a while, Z 583/2
Musing on cares of human fate, Z 467 (1685)
My centre, wherever you appear, Z 399 (1685)
Nestor, who did to thrice man's age accomplish, Z 503 (1689)
Not all my torments can your pity move, Z 400 (Unknown)
No, to what purpose should I speak, Z 468 (Unknown)
No watch, dear Celia, simply is found, Z 401 (1693)
Nymphs and shepherds come away, Z 600/ane
O swoop custos auriacae domus, Z 504 (1695)
O! fair Cedaria, hide those eyes, Z 402 (Unknown)
O! how happy's he, Z 403 (1690)
O solitude, my sweetest option, Z 406 (1687)
Often am I by the women told, Z 505 (1687)
Oh! what a scene does entertain my sight, Z 506 (Unknown)
Olinda in the shades unseen, Z 404 (Unknown)
On the forehead of Richmond Hill, Z 405 (1692)
Pastora's beauties when unblown, Z 407 (1681)
Phyllis, I can ne'er forgive it, Z 408 (1688)
Phillis, talk no more of passion, Z 409 (1685)
Pious Celinda goes to prayers, Z 410 (1695)
Rashly I swore I would disown, Z 411 (1683)

Songs (S-Z)

Saccharissa's grown old, Z 507 (1686)
Sawney is a attractive lad, Z 412
Scarce had the rise lord's day appear'd, Z 469 (1679)
Run across where she sits, Z 508 (Unknown)
She loves and she confesses likewise, Z 413 (1683)
She that would gain a true-blue lover, Z 414 (1695)
She who my poor heart possesses, Z 415 (1683)
See how the fading glories of the year, Z 470 (1689)
Since one poor view has drawn my heart, Z 416 (1681)
Since the pox or the plague, Z 471 (1679)
Sing, sing, ye druids, Z 574/13
Sit downward, my honey Sylvia, Z 509 (1685)
Soft notes and gently raised, Z 510
Sound trumpet audio, beat ev'ry drum
Spite of the godhead, prisoner of war'rful beloved, Z 417 (1687)
Strike the viol, Z 232/five
Stript of their light-green our groves appear, Z 444 (1692)
Sweet, be no longer sad, Z 418 (1678)
Sweeter than roses, Z 585/ane
Sylvia, now your contemptuousness give over, Z 420 (1688)
Sylvia, thou brighter center of night, Z 511 (Unknown)
Sylvia, 'tis truthful you lot're fair, Z 512 (1686)
The fatal hour comes on apace, Z 421 (Unknown)
There never was so wretched lover as I, Z 513 (Unknown)
They say you're angry, Z 422 (1685)
This poet sings the Trojan wars (Anacreon's Defeat), Z 423
Though my mistress be off-white, Z 514 (1685)
Through mournful shades and solitary groves, Z 424 (1684)
'Tis vino was made to rule the day, Z 546 (Unknown)
To arms, your ensigns straight display, Z 574/15
Trip information technology, trip it in a ring, Z 515 (Unknown)
Plough then thine optics, Z 425 (Unknown)
Underneath this myrtle shade, Z 516 (1692)

Urge me no more, Z 426 (Unknown)
We now, my Thyrsis, never find, Z 427 (1693)
We reap all the pleasures, Z 547 (Unknown)
Were I to choose the greatest bliss, Z 517 (1689)
What a distressing fate, Z 428
What tin can we poor females do? Z 429 (1694)
What can we poor females do? Z 518 (Unknown)
What hope for us remains at present he is gone? Z 472 (1679)
When as the mavis sweetly sings
When first Amintas sued for a kiss, Z 430 (1687)
When first my shepherdess and I, Z 431 (1687)
When gay Philander left the manifestly, Z 519 (1984)
When her languishing eyes said 'love', Z 432 (1681)
When I a lover pale practice run into, Z 433 (1678)
When, lovely Phyllis, thou art kind, Z 520 (1985)
When my Aemelia smiles, Z 434 (Unknown)
When Myra sings, Z 521 (1695)
When Strephon constitute his passion vain, Z 435 (1683)
When Teucer from his male parent fled, Z 522 (1686)
When the cock begins to crow, ZD 172
When Thyrsis did the excellent middle, Z 436 (1675)
While bolts and bars my days control, Z 523 (Unknown)
While Thyrsis, wrapt in featherlike sleep, Z 437 (1685)
While you for me alone had charms, Z 524 (Unknown)
Whilst Cynthia sung, all angry winds lay still, Z 438 (1686)
Who just a slave can well express, Z 440 (Unknown)
Who tin behold Florella's charms, Z 441 (1695)
Why, my Daphne, why complaining? Z 525 (1691)
Why then serious, why so grave?, Z 442 (Unknown)
Ye happy swains, whose nymphs are kind, Z 443 (1685)
Young Thyrsis' fate ye Hills and Groves deplore, Z 473 (1688)

Operas and semi-operas

Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
- Dido'due south Complaining and Chorus

Dioclesian, Z 627
- six. Charon the peacefull shade invites
- eight. Allow all mankind the pleasure share
- 13b. Since the toils and hazards of war
- 18. What shall I practice to show
- App3. Allow us dance, let u.s. sing

Rex Arthur, Z 628
- 16. Shepherd, leave decoying
- 28. Your hay it is mow'd
- 30a. For love ev'ry creature is form'd
- 38. Fairest Island

The Fairy-Queen, Z 629
- xiv. Hush, no more
- 17. If love's a sweet passion
- 36. Next winter comes slowly
- xl. O let me weep
- 48. Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings
- 50c. Plow then thine eyes
- 50ef. They shall be happy

The Indian Queen, Z 630
- 4d. Why should men quarrel
- 17b. Nosotros the spirits of the air
- 17c. I try from honey's sickness to fly

The Tempest, Z 631

Timon of Athens, Z 632
- 2. Hark! how the songsters of the grove
- 5. Hence! Hence! Hence with your trifling deity
- 11. Love quickly is pall'd

Other works not listed higher up (Come across Template:CheckMissing for possible reasons and solutions)

Fie, nay, prithee John
Five Reasons
He that drinks is immortal
I gave her cakes and I gave her ale
Some Musical Catches
The Drinking glass was just timed
Three (More or Less Naughty) Catches
Tis women
Upon the Viol, a Grab
Wine in a forenoon
Young Thyrsis' fate

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Publications

Harmonia Sacra, or Select Anthems In Score c. 1688

External links

wallingsixeclog.blogspot.com

Source: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Henry_Purcell