Henry Purcell
(1659 - 1695)

Purcell : The Virtuous Wife : illustration

The Virtuous Wife
(String or reed band)
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111135 : Purcell : The Virtuous Wife : sheet music
Catalogued as Instrumental (Music for the Theatre)

Overture - 2. Song tune - 3. Slow aire - 4. Aire - 5. Preludio - 6. Hornpipe - 7. Minuett - 8. Minuett - 9. (?)Boree

This set comes from "A collection of ayres, compos'd for the theatre" publ. J. Heptinstal for Frances Purcell soon after the composer's death. Conceived for strings, but also suitable for wind bands.