Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 (Purcell, Henry)
| Title | Dido and Aeneas |
| Alternative title | Dido and Æneas |
| Creators | Henry Purcell, composer Nahum Tate, librettist |
| Opus | Z.626 |
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | 3 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1677 |
| First published | 1689 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Operas |
| Language | English |
| Period | Baroque |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
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| View | Selections | strings | Albert Stoessel |
| View | Selections | 5 recorders | Jaap Wiebes |
| View | Selections | 4 recorders | R.D. Tennent |
| View | Selections | 2 oboes, English horn and bassoon | Farid Zehar |
| View | Selections | 3 clarinets and bass clarinet | Farid Zehar |
| View | Selections | 3 trumpets and trombone | Farid Zehar |
| View | Selections | harpsichord | Pierre Gouin |
| View | Overture | 4 recorders | Jaap Wiebes |
| View | Overture | 2 flutes, alto flute and bass flute | Hideo Kamioka |
| View | Overture | 2 harpsichords | Pierre Gouin |
| View | Fear No Danger (Act I, No.6) | strings | Farid Zehar |
| View | Fear No Danger (Act I, No.6) | 3 flutes 3 oboes 3 clarinets 3 bassoons |
Farid Zehar |
| View | Song: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament, No.37) | 5 recorders | Victor Eijkhout |
| View | Song: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament, No.37) | treble instrument and 4 cellos | Bruno David |
| View | Song: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament, No.37) | voice and guitar | Zach Hanquier |
| View | Song: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament, No.37) | cello and keyboard | — |
| View | Song: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament, No.37) | cello and piano | Orfeo Mandozzi |
| View | Song: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament, No.37) | alto recorder | R.D. Tennent |
| View | Song: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament, No.37) | organ | Marc Boniteau |
| View | Song: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament, No.37) | organ | Benjamin Righetti |
| View | Song: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament, No.37) | piano | Ruoshi Sun |
| View | With Drooping Wings (No.38) | flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon | Farid Zehar |
| View | With Drooping Wings (No.38) | 4 bassoons | Farid Zehar |
Scores
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
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| View | — | New Trinity Baroque, performer Predrag Gosta, performer |
— | Thy Hand, Belinda... When I am laid... With drooping wings | |
| View | — | Evgeniy E. Moshkin, organ | For Organ (Moshkin) | Dido's lament | |
| View | — | Héctor Valls, piano | — | Thy Hand, Belinda ... When I Am Laid In Earth | |
| View | MIDI | Selections | For 4 Recorders (Tennent) | 2. Banish Sorrow 7. Fear No Danger 9. Cupid Only Throws the Dart 12. To the Hills and the Vales 22. In Our Deep Vaulted Cell 25. Thanks to These Lonesome Vales 31. Come Away, Fellow Sailors 35. Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire |
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| View | MIDI | Selections | For 4 Recorders (Tennent) | 38. With Drooping Wings | |
| View | MIDI | Selections | For 5 Recorders (Eijkhout) | 37. When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament) | |
| View | MIDI | Selections | For 2 Keyboards (Gouin) | Overture | |
| View | MIDI | Selections | For Organ (Boniteau) | Dido's Lament (Act III) |
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