CONTE,NTS

Suitein G Major, 2.660 .\ir irr D I'Iinor, 2.T676 47

P r e l u d el,. A l r n a n d 2, . C o r a n t , 2 . f,rorrncl in C N{inor, Z. T68l '18
N l i n u e t 3, .
P r c l u c l ei n A M i ¡ r o r , Z . 6 5 2 50
Suitein C Minor, Z. 661 'lirccata
in A Nlajor, Z. D229 52
Prelude,.1.Almand,6. Corant,8.
Sarabancl,9. Hrrrnpipe in E Minor, Z. T685 62
Suite in C Major, Z. 662 l0 Air in Cl Major, Z. 6'11 63
P r e l u d e1, 0 .A l m a n d ,1 2 .C o r a n t ,l ' 1 . (lrrant in G N{ajor, Z. 6'14 6'1
Suitein A Minor, Z. 663 Iri ) l i n r r e t i n G N l a j o r ,Z . 6 5 1 66
P r e l u d e1, 6 .A l m a n d ,1 6 .C o r a n t ,1 8 .
V o l t r n t a r vi n G M a j o r , Z . 7 2 0 66
Saraband,19.
Sorrg1'rrne,Z. T691 69
Suitein C Major, 2.666 20
P r e l u d e2, 0 .A l m a n d ,2 2 .C o r a n t 2
, 3. \ l a r < h i n C N f a j o r ,Z . 6 ' 1 7 70
S a r a b a n d2,3 . I l a ¡ r h i n C M a j o r ,Z . 6 4 8 7l
o1
Suitein D Major, Z. 667 \t'rr' \lirrrrct in D Minor, Z. T689
Prelude,2'1.Alrnand,25.Horn¡ripe,27.
\linrrct in .\ Nlinor,Z. 649 73
Suite ir-rD Minor, Z. 668 28
\ l i r r r r et i n ' \ I l i n o r , Z . 6 5 0 74
P r e l u d e2, 8 .C o r a n t 3
, 0 . H o r n p i p e ,3 1 .
. . \ \ c u ' S c o t c hl u n e , Z . 6 5 5 75
Suitein F Major, 2.669 JJ
.\ Nerr' (lround, 2.T682 76
P r e l u d e3, 2 .A l r n a n d3, 3 .C o r a n t 3
, .1.
M i n u e t ,3 6 . l . i l l i b u r l e r o . A N e . " rI'r i s h T u n e , 2 . 6 1 6 79
T r u r n p e t T u n e , c a l l e dt l i e C i b e l l , 2 . T 6 7 8 JI R i g a d o o n ,Z . 6 5 3 80
Trumpet Tune in C Major, Z. T697 38 S e f a t r c h i ' sF a r e v v e l l2, . 6 5 6 80
A Cround in Camut, Z. 645 39 Nlinuet in l) Minor, Z. T688 82
Almand in C Major, from SLrite,Z. 665 . 1I Alrnarrd [Gal'otte] in D N{ajor, Z. D219"1 83
S a r a b a n dw i t h D i v i s i o n , Z . 6 5 4 J9 Borrl fSarabarrd]in D N1ajor,Z. D219,'2 84
Voluntary ín C Major, Z. 717 J.l \¡ersein the Phrl'¡;ian Nfode 8'1
A V e r s ei n F M a j o r , Z . 7 1 6 -14 T h e Q u e e n ' sD o l o u r . A F a r e n ' e l l ,2 . 6 7 0 86
Trumpet Tune in D Major -i3 Mirruet in E Nlinor, Z. D225 87
Air in D Minor, Z. T675 46 A Ground in l) Nlinor, Z. D222 88
 PREFACE
Dun¡Nc the last ñ{tv vears s¡.r'tral collections of Purcell's Harpsichord Music have appeared. Some of
these contarn ccimpositii,n. which ¿rc now klrown to have been ascribed to him wronglv, while from tirne
to ttmc vilnou\ n(:\\' preces have cornc to li¡;ht. It is believed that the follon'ing pages contain all the
origrnal conri,'>rtroni thrl at Prcse¡¡t c¡n i.rc attributed to him with any degree of certainty. Arrangcments
(though m.rni .irr prohlirlv from his ¡ren) havc been exciuded, u'ith the exception of the " New Ground,"
frorn \1,;.r 'i r Hrn,lnr Lid "-,r tran.cription of the air, " Here the Deities approve," from the rLr,!3
St. Cecilr-rl,L Trri. lias tlet:n retainerd,¿s tlre harpsichord version appeared during Rrrceü's lifetime, thou¡lr
\ r ' r i h (u t t i . ' - : , u : ' , ' ., r f t h e c o m p o s e r .
7,',: .: ¿:r,l ir,rrks of erpression have been added; but as they are not to be forrnd in the originals,
ther' :l .'. :-' i:rr',I ¡rccorrlinFjto the taste of the performer. It should bc noted that in Purcell's tirne
"
t h e i ¡ , , : : : r . ! - - . . : , r ) l ) ' , : dt o b e r e g u l a t e d b y t h e t i m e - s i g n a t u r e . l 3 u t , p o s , , ; b l y , w i n g t o c a r c l c s s er i r t i n q ,
thc :,r:.: -i :::: ,ll:
1 : u c i l a s t h a t o f t h e " ( - h o i c e C o l l e c t i o n o f l - e s s o n s , "i n w h i c h P u r c e l l ' s S u i t t s a p ¡ ¡ ' a r r , l
in ¡,.,, :r i \\;ili anv consi'tcne\,'carrv out the rules laid down. It appears, bowever, certain th¿it
the r,,,:.:: i li,tr \'.rn()us dance-mc,r'erncntsof thc Suites (a.e., the Corants) difiered considerably in linglan<l
frr¡n ::. ,:-i rl Lr:u ,n France. \\¡ith rcgard to thc Graces, so important a feature in Harpsichord \lustc,
'fheir
the , n¡-:.'l .::r.. |iavc been retained. mcanir.rg will be easih' u¡¿.rstood by studying the foüowing
r¡1es, rrr: :. rrcrc pr"fixed to the " Choice Collcction of Lessons " (16SS) and other similar colections:-

RULES FOR GRACES.

^=
' ' A s / ¡ ¿ Ai¿s m a r k e dt h u s : exp¡arrreútnus:
e- ffi
-r'-
A ó¿nlis marked thus: 7^=- +
jiP_?_--- explainedthus:

--¡'-^--
-#ffi: =:=:-
A plain nole and sl¿É¿thus: e x- D l a l n tehdu s :
\u__
a/

--1_
-&-_F:-,
A ,forefall nrarked thus : explained thus:
sy']-t!:-
v

A bach/all marked thus : explainedthus:

.{ nrark lor the lutn lhus; explained

thus: *=+-
'_:-_
The rriark lor the shaheiurned thus: explainedthus : /.=EE--=Y-*;
:,---=_

(lr,r,--1¿ tlrrt vou always .sl¿¿A¿ from the note above, and beat kom the note or half-note below,
accr,r,iti.- t, tr..' Kr'\' \'ou plav in " [i.e., graces are diatonic and shakes generally begin with the uppcr
acc,-':.,r'., ":Ll l i¡r t-l¡e l¡laí¡t note and shahe" [i.e., appoggiatura and shake], "if it be a note without a
point " i;.', un l,rttcrl.l, "r'ou are to lroltl half tlie quantity of it plain, and that upon the note above tha
which rs nr,rrk'l ,r:rri :lirike thc other half, but if it be a note with a point to it" fi.e., a dotted note],
"you ari- t,r l, i,i.Lli thr ¡1r;¡,.plain arrd slrake only the point" [i.e., t]re appoggiatura takes about half the
value oi tlrr ¡ri-un note; if the mdn note is dotted, two-thirdsl.

" .{ slrr¡ is marked tlrus: explainedthus:

f\l
Ol-.n
_t-_a_a+
The mark
1ffi
vr

I n D a n n r e u t h e r ' s " \f rrsical Ornrunent¿rtion" (to which the student may be referred who wishcs
to pursue further the intcresting q¡l,i.e r , ,i obsolete graces) it is shown that the baÍ\ery, iu modern

Dotation, would be written thus :

l\
 PIJBLISHER'S NOTE
I hr: r olume reproduces all the music, in its original order, from the four-volume setS¿¿lr¿s, Lessonsand Pieceslor
'it¿ ÍIarpsichord published
bv J. & W. Chester. However, the names of rnany of the pieces have been changed to
' l r , r s eg i v e t r i n F r a n k l i n
B . Z i m m e r m a n ' s H e n r y P u r c e l l , 1 6 5 9 - 1 6 9 5 :A n A n a l y t i c a l C a t a l o g u e o f H i s l l t u s í c , a n d
/tttlrnerrnan's catalogue numbers have been supplied. The equivalents are as follows:

Chester ed. Douer ed.

S u i t eI Suite in Ci l\Iajor, Z. 660
S u i t eI I Suite in C] Xfinor, Z. 661
SuiteIII Suite in C l\lajor, 7,. 662
S u i t eI V Suite in A Nfinor,Z. 663
Suite V Suite in C Major, Z. 666
S u i t eV I Suite in D Nfajor, 7,. 667
S u i t eV I I Suite in D Minor, Z. 668
Suite \/III Suite in F Major, Z. 669
Trumpet Tune, called the Cebell T r u m p e tT u n e ,c a l l e dt h eC i b e l l ,2 . T 6 7 8
Air Trumpet Tune in C Major, Z. T697
A Ground in Ga¡nut A Ground in Gamut, Z. 645
Air Alrnand in C Major, frorn Suite, Z. 665
Lesson Sarabandwith Division, Z. 654
Voluntarv Voluntary in C Major, Z. 717
Verse A \Ierse in F Major, Z. 716
Trurnpet Tune Trumpet Tu¡re in D Major
Air Air in D Minor, Z. T675
Air Air in D Minor, Z. T676
Grotrnd Ground in C Minor, Z. T68l
P r e lu d e Prelude in A Nlinor, Z. 652
Tr>ccata fbccata in A Major, Z. D229
Hornpipe Horrrpipe in E l\tinc¡r, Z. T685
Arr Air in G Nlajor, Z. 64I
Corant Corant in G Major, Z. 641
Nfinuet N f i n u e t i n G M a j o r , Z . 6 5I
Prelucle Yoluntary in G Major, Z. 720
'l'u
c l v e [ - e s s o t rfsr o l n ' ] { t t s i c k ' s
Handrnaid'P , artII:
I. Song Tune Sorrg Tune. Z. T694
ll. N{arch in (, l\Iajor, Z. 647
III. Nlarch March in C Nfajor, Z. 648
I\'. Neu N{inuet New Minuet in D Minor, Z. T689
\'. Minuet Mirruet in A Minor, Z. 619
\1I. N'linuet Minuet in A Minor, Z. 650
VII. A Ner,,' Scotcl'r l'une A Neu' Scotch Tune, Z. 655
\IIII. A New Ciround A Ner.'r'Ground, Z. T682
I X . A N e r , r 'I r i s h T u n e . L i l l i b u r l e r o Lilliburlero. A New Irish Tune, Z. 6.16
X. Rigadoon Rigadoon, Z. 653
X I . S e f ¿ r u c h i ' sF a r e w e l l Sefauchi'sFarewell, Z. 656
XII. Minuet Minuet in D Minor, Z. T688
Alrnand A l n r a n d[ C a v o t t e ]i n D M a j o r ,Z . D 2 l 9 i 1
Borrl B o r r y [ S a r a b a n di]n D M a j o r , Z . D 2 l 9 / 2
Prel ude l/erse i¡r the Phrvgian Mode
Tlie Queen's f)olour. A Farewell T'he Queen'sDolour. A Farewell,Z. 670
Minuet Mirrr¡et in [. N{inor, Z. D225
A Crroul]d A Circrundin D N{inor, Z. D222
 Suite in G Major
z. 660

PRELUDE. Andantino. d=uz.)

 . \ I . ] I , \ N D . A n d a n t i n o .( , = u s )

C O RA N T . Andante.U= uz)
=

¡-

*z
)IINUET. Andante. (.J=n¿.)
 Suite in G Minor
z. 661
PRELUDE. Allegretto.(.1-ee.)
 ALX,ÍAND. Andante. (J=r08.)

)J

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CORAN f. ]I¿restoso.
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pr
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Suite in G Major
z. 662

PRELUDE. Allegretto. (J =roor

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Suite in A Minor
z. 663

PRELUDE. Allegro. Q . uz.)

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ALMAND. Andante. (./=as)

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Suite in C Major
z. 666

PRELUDE. Allegretto.(J=roo.r
ALMAND. Andantino.tJ=uz.r
CORANT. Maestoso.

1--t

SARABAND. Audante.(J=s¿
 24
Suite in D Major
2.667

PRELUDE. Allegretto.

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Suite in D Minor
AL}IAND. z. 668
!'ery slow. J= eo

r -a l-l
1
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li

d -l
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CORANT. Antlante..l=s+.
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HORNPIPE. Allegretto.(J=roe.)

.b¿ J
 Suite in F Major
z. 669
PRELUDE. Allegretto. (J=ros.)

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AL MA N D . .Q = ze.)
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NIINUET. Allegretto. (J= rtz)

+
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Trumpet Tune, called the Cibell

Z. T67B

Allegro. Q 2tos.) r[:---:r

3,a____i1- iry
 Trumpet Tune in C Major
(from Dioclesian)
d-_ry)
ItJ&*"'r*o. z. T697
 39
A Ground in Gamut
z. 645

Andante.
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Almand in C Major
frorn Strite. Z. 665

Andantino.(J=as.)

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a)
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Sarabandwith Division
z. 654

A n d a n terJ=
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Voluntary in C Major
( for or gan)
7,.717

a_ -,_- -
 A Versein F Major
IA
a1

(for organ)
2.716
M;restoso.(J= ae.l

?
I
4

rinf e rit.
 'i)

Trumpet Tune in D Major

(actuallyby JeremiahClarke)

C o n sp i ri to .rJ=s¿ .)
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Air in D Minor
(originally intendedfor The Indian Queen)
z. T675
A n d a n t i n o .( J=r o s . ,
 1-
1t

Air in D Minor
(f.romT he D o u b l e D e a l e r )
z.f-676

A n d ¿ r n l e . r=J e e. ,

a -

I ¿l
c¿
) l -a
48
Ground in C Minor
(" Wi th H i m H e Br ings the Par tner ," fr om
Ye Tuneful Muses\
z. T68l
Adagio. Q= ze.)

lWW\llv|llV1

htn ntarcato il canto

JT'
Preludein A Minor
z. 652
Allegro. (¿" trz.)

-
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52
Toccata in A Major
(probablynot by Purcell)
z. D229
Allegro. rJ = l.l,o.)
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-7

Ylrt qNl-ii
a 2 2 t it-* 2
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VÍ 1 V i7

L e n t o .r J = e 6 ,

I -p-r'¡r
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Allegro (tempo primo)

^l
t_
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. EEE EEE-$ n
\i{
l2?s. - n

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62
Flornpip. in E Minor
(from The Old Bachelor)
Z. T685
A l l e g ro . Q =n z;

---r--r
--4?--_-
 63
Air in G Major
2.641

Allegretto. (J=roo.)

ó-=--:-
mf staccato
\i - ) - .t

" .ft\ hl t l I'

OJ
Corant in G Major
z. 641
66
Minuet in G Major
z. 651
Andanl,ino. (J= ros.)

Voluntar\r in G Major
(for organ)
Adagio. (J=so.) z. 720
EÜ---------_]

?l == =: ;-4 -
:. ¿t )¿¿-r¿r) t¡.!2e. rr iE'i ffi
 69

Song Tune
'tis
("Ah! How Pleasant to Love")
z. T694

Alle.gretto. tJ=rzo.)

a.'
I
ad- :Ltt
,l
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ri

lJ) lr¿

\=

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70

March in C Major
2.647

spirito. {J= so..r

 7l

March in C Major
z. 648

Allegro. t) = Bo.)

¿
72 New Minuet in D Minor
("Who Can ResistSuch Mighty Charms,"
from Timon of Athens)
Z. T689
Allegretto. (J - ro¿.r

J ) *J )JrJ ¿ l

a)

*¿
+
I
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IJ

Minuet in A Minor
z. 649
A ndante. J =roo

|.--, I
:a- :a-

app

). ) l ,,1

F JI
ril
' l-l
) ¿ d¿'I .t rJ _t
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Minuet in A Minor
z. 650

A n d a n t i n n . ( J = s o)
ttf I 4

-l,l J t.L ) )

{ r) ¡.1
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 75

A New Scotch Tune

2.655

Allegretto. i;=66.)

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76
A New Ground in E Minor
("Flere the DeitiesApprove," from
Welcometo All the Pleasures)
z. T682
Andante. , J=ro

1 :l 1 7 t Vtl
V 1 t,,,u*nrrolsit cunto

1 1V1 1-glW benmareato

ofn)tDu{ ttaQ
 79

Lilliburlero. A New Irish Tune

z. 646

A l l e g r e t t o . , f = r o 8,

.)l ) ),
l-- - lé '
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\=

wl
I
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Rigadoon
z. 653
Allegro. tJ=so.l
4
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f I J I ) JL

Sefauchi'sFarewell
z. 656
Andante. rJ toot

t)l
_l--{
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l\¡
ea

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Minuet in D Minor
(from Raise,Raise the Voice)
z. T688

Andante. rJ,=roo

a
,rl .t
I ¿-l
¿. _*J ) ,.l tJ L) tu

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lr --.--_l
) SJ -a )- a J

r
 B3
Almand fGavotte]in D Major
(probablynot by Purcell¡
z. D2l9/ |
I

Maestoso.()=96't
84
Borry fSaraband]in D Major
(probably not by Purcell)
z. D2r9/2

Allegro. (J - rss.)

Versein the Phrygian Mode

(for organ; actually by Nicolas-Antoine Lebbgue)

Andante.(J=roo.)
86

The Queen'sDolour. A Farewell

2.670

Artagib.tJ=
sel
 87

Minuet in E Minor
(probablynot by Purcell)
z. D225

A n d a n t e .( ) = M z )

a I

L
-l ta
B8

A Ground in D Minor
(probablynor by purcell)
Z, D222

Allegretto.f = rol;
 .---]--=-
ngf nt.artal,¡ t'l cantr¡
' 11+2 l ,
._ t?I _.+__!

4:

? ü¡? - ? L ['#T' Y i\ 7J 7 Jht - +

---+----T-

-t ¡

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L JTI 7¡ I
1¿Jl 1^J

tJE-.-J

l-l-1 l\
1 r-ü¿ ¿
e3"7Z =
90

- \ - - ||\
t a_,t¿ a_ t _2'
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r 'l'll r '\ -\
ILt +*+ tL J '1ffiYJ

-I h -\
a-t^2^t-'
t.\ a-t

T*

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t-
o ¡a|tr.
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i tg+t 1 a_'
1
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