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Music for a While
English source:
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.
Music for a while
Shall all your cares beguile.
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.
Music for a while
Shall all your cares beguile.
Composer
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer. It is said that he began composing at nine years old. As an adult, he became organist at Westminster Abbey, and later the Chapel Royal. Information from Wikipedia. For…
Poet
Performances
Previously performed at:
- Over the piano 23 Oct 2024
- Young Artist Auditions (Session 6) 20 Apr 2024
- Concerto Grosso 17 Oct 2023
- A Baroque Vision 15 Oct 2023
- 26. Akkordeon Baroque: Loré Lixenberg & Bartosz Glowacki 14 Oct 2020
- 21. A Young Man's Exhortation: Ben Johnson & Roger Vignoles 15 Oct 2019