Renowned for the originality of his music and his gifts as a melodist, Henry Purcell (1659–1695) was the preeminent English composer of the seventeenth century and one of the greatest that nation has ever produced. His gifts are apparent not only in the vocal and orchestral works on which his fame rests, but in his delightful keyboard music, much of which is relatively simple and easy to perform. This volume is a near-complete collection of Purcell's keyboard compositions, including the eight suites, the core of his keyboard works. Also included are many miscellaneous one-movement pieces: airs, trumpet tunes (for harpsichord solo), grounds, preludes, dances, etc.Piano students and pianists of intermediate skills will enjoy these pieces for their charm and accessibility. Gathered here in one convenient, inexpensive volume, they offer a treasury of time-honored music that musicians and music lovers will turn to again and again.This volume has been edited with a preface by the noted music scholar William Barclay Squire.
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Henry Purcell. Keyboard Works
Table of Contents
PREFACE
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
Suite in G Major
Suite in G Minor
Suite in G Major
Suite in A Minor
Suite in C Major
Suite in D Major
Suite in D Minor
Suite in F Major
Trumpet Tune, called the Cibell
Trumpet Tune in C Major (from Dioclesian)
A Ground in Gamut
Almand in C Major
Saraband with Division
Voluntary in C Major
A Verse in F Major
Trumpet Tune in D Major
Air in D Minor
Air in D Minor
Ground in C Minor
Prelude in A Minor
Toccata in A Major
Hornpipe in E Minor
Air in G Major
Corant in G Major
Minuet in G Major
Voluntary in G Major
Song Tune
March in C Major
March in C Major
New Minuet in D Minor
Minuet in A Minor
Minuet in A Minor
A New Scotch Tune
A New Ground in E Minor
Lilliburlero. A New Irish Tune
Rigadoon
Sefauchi’s Farewell
Minuet in D Minor
Almand [Gavotte] in D Major
Borry [Saraband] in D Major
Verse in the Phrygian Mode
The Queen’s Dolour. A Farewell
Minuet in E Minor
A Ground in D Minor
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Bibliographical Note
This Dover edition, first published in 1990, is a republication of Suites, Lessons and Pieces for the Harpsichord (Original Works for the Harpsichord), edited by William Barclay Squire and originally published in four volumes by J. & W. Chester, London and Brighton, in 1918. The French version of the Preface has been omitted, and a table of contents and a publisher’s note have been added. We are grateful to the Music Library of Indiana University for lending a portion of the music for reproduction..
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Keyboard works.
Reprint. Originally published: Suites, lessons, and pieces. London: J. & W. Chester, 1918.
