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Title: Suite of Six Songs from 'Orpheus Britannicus'
Composer: Purcell, Henry
Arranger: Britten, Benjamin
Duration: 13'
Composition Date: arr.1946
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Instrumentation: solo voice (unspecified) and orchestra
Description: for high voice and orchestra realized by Benjamin Britten
Scoring:

Scoring: 2.2.0.1-0.1.0.0-str

  1. Let sullen discord smile
  2. Why should men quarrel?
  3. So when the glittering Queen of Night
  4. Thou tun'st this world (2ob.bn-str)
    5a. 'Tis holiday
    5b. Sound, Fame, thy brazen trumpet
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Territory: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world
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