Henry Purcell Sheet Music for Recorder

Purcell's "Chaconne in C minor" "Two in one upon a Ground" from his opera "Prophetess, or the History of Dioclesian". The suspension of the bass resulted in a third alto recorder part, so that the Cha...

Purcell's "Fantazia in F major" is the magnificent, partly virtuoso chaconne "Three Parts upon a Ground", an artful and at the same time rousing composition. Technically not easy, but extremely effect...

The "Suite in G major" is provided by Purcell without any indication of the instrumentation. In its original key, it is ideal for a recorder quartet or a recorder playing circle (SATB). The movements...

The "2 Overtures" in the original keys of G minor and G major are a valuable addition to the literature for recorder quartets. Fascinating compositions, exciting music with daring harmonies.

Staeps (rightly) believes that the English Baroque is the fountainhead of recorder music, and that Purcell's music is the perfect vehicle. Here, he takes six excerpts from The Fairy Queen (introductio...

Lieder und Arien aus 'Orpheus Britannicus', nach einer Ausgabe von 1698

Henry Purcell became an increasingly prolific composer of incidental music for the theatre in the late 1680s and 1690s. Gwilym Beechey, following on from his First and Second Sets of Theatre Tunes (ED...

The English composer Henry Purcell was born in Westminster in 1659 where he also died in 1695. Purcell was an important Baroque composer, writing both vocal and instrumental works. His compositions ar...

Score = piano. Soprano and alto recorder and piano, tenor recorder ad lib.

The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 3)

The compositions in this booklet are taken from the complete edition of the works of Henry Purcell (1659-1695), published by Novello & Co. Ltd. London. They are original trio pieces and with a few exc...