Henry Purcell

This edition of PurcelPs music which will eventually, it is hoped, include most of the songs from the Orpheus Britannicus and the Harmónia Sacra, as well as much of the chamber music, choral and orchestral music, is not intended to be a definitive edition or a work of reference. It is a...

PREFACEThis is a working edition, intended chiefly for performance. It is also intended for reference, because at present it is the only full score that can be bought. The Purcell Society edition, published in 1889, has been out of print for many years and in later versions the full score has been...

pnefm In pr spicu rparing these i possible. aiizatii of Purcell's songs and airs, the editor atteitipted to make his role incon- Most of Purcell's music for voice and continuo is a magnificent example of two part counterpoint in whicli tilt melodic function of the bass part is fully...