The Indian Queen, Z.630 (Purcell, Henry)

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Publisher. Info. London: B. Goodison, n.d.(ca.1790).
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Editor Edward Joseph Dent (1876–1957)
Publisher. Info. The Works of Henry Purcell, Vol.XIX (pp.1-110)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1912. Plate 13177.
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Overture

Publisher. Info. London: B. Goodison, n.d.(ca.1790).
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A4038.
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Overture

5 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1700).
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Misc. Notes From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 1144
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For Strings and Continuo (Purcell)
Arranger Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Publisher. Info. Canberra Baroque, 2021.
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Misc. Notes from A Collection of Ayres, 1697
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For 2 Horns, 2 Flugelhorns, 2 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau, 2019.
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For 2 Voices and Continuo
Publisher. Info. London: J. Heptinstall, 1695.
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Misc. Notes 1. Movt. 4b, Aria, "Wake Quivera, wake"
2. Movt. 4d, Aria, "Why should men quarrel"
3. "Their looks are such that Mercy show"
4. Movt. 6, Aria, "I come to sing great Zempoalla's story"
5. "Scorn'd Envy, here's nothing that thou canst blast"
6. Movt. 13, Aria, "Ye twice ten hundred deities" ("Begone, curst Fiends of Hell")
7. Movt. 17a, Duet, "Ah! Ah! How happy are we!"
8. "I attempt from Love's sickness to fly in vain"
9. Movt. 19, Aria, "They tell us that you mighty powers above"
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Trumpet Overture

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Arranger Michel Rondeau
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

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Why Should Men Quarrel?

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I attempt from Love's sickness (Act III Sc.14)

For Voice and Continuo (Maunder)
Arranger Richard Maunder (1937–2018)
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They tell us

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Arranger Michael Köhne
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General Information

Work Title The Indian Queen
Alternative. Title
Name Translations La reina india; La regina indiana; Королева индейцев; La reina índia; الملكة الهندية (أوبرا); [2 more...]Η Ινδή βασίλισσα; インドの女王
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 308693301; LCCN: nr98001214; GND: 300122993; BNF: 13921236b
Composer Purcell, Henry
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Z.630
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IHP 31
First Publication. 1695
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 2 hours
1a. First Music: First Air
1b. First Music: Second Air
2a. Second Music: First Air (Hornpipe)
2b. Second Music: Second Air (Hornpipe)
3a. Overture
3b. [Trumpet Tune]
  • Act I
Prologue
4a. Song (boy): Wake, Quivera
4b. Song (girl/Quivera): Why should men quarrel?
4c. [Recitative] (boy): By ancient prophecies
4d. [Duet] (boy & girl): If these be, they are welcome
4e. Song (boy): Their looks are such
4f. Song (girl): If so, your goodness may your pow'r express
[repeat 3b. Trumpet Tune]
[First Act Tune: repeat 3b. Trumpet Tune]
  • Act II
5. Symphony [*** - Canzona - Adagio - Allegro]
6a. Song (alto/Fame) & Chorus: I come to sing
6b. Trio (alto, tenor & bass): What flatt'ring noise is this
6c. Song (alto/Fame): Scorn'd Envy
6d. Song (bass/Envy) & Trio (alto, tenor & bass): I fly from the place
6e. Song (alto/Fame): Be gone, curst fiends of Hell
6f. [Trumpet Tune]
[repeat Chorus 6a. I come to sing]
7. Dance
[Second Act Tune: repeat 5. Symphony]
  • Act III
8. Dance
9a. [Recitative] (bass/Ismeron): Ye twice ten hundred deities
9b. Song (bass/Ismeron): By the croaking of the toad
9c. Song (bass/Ismeron): While bubbling Springs
10. Symphony
11. Song (soprano/God of Dreams): Seek not to know
12. Trumpet Overture [*** - Canzona - Slow]
13a. Duet (alto & tenor/Aerial Spirits): Ah! how happy are we
13b. Duet (alto & tenor/Aerial Spirits) & Chorus: We the spirits of the air
14. Song (soprano): I attempt from Love's sickness
15. Third Act Tune
  • Act IV
16. Song (soprano/Orazia): They tell us that your mighty powers above
  • Act IV
17. Fourth Act Tune [instrumental version of 16. They tell us . . .]
  • Act V
18. Chorus: While thus we bow
19. [Recitative (bass/High Priest & chorus)]: You who at the altar
20. Chorus: All dismal sounds
  • Additional Act [by Daniel Purcell]
21. Symphony
22a. [Recitative] (bass/Hymen): To bless the genial bed
22b. Song (soprano/A Follower of Hymen): Come all at my call
22c. Chorus: Come all and sing great Hymen's praise
22d. Duet (soprano & bass/Two Married People): I'm glad I have met him
22e. Song (bass/Hymen): Good people, I'd make you all blest
22f. Duet (soprano & bass/Two Married People): My honey, my pug
22g. Song (soprano): The joys of wedlock soon are past
22h. Song (alto): Sound, sound the trumpet
22i. Duet (2 basses): Make haste to put on Love's chains
23a. Trumpet Air
23. Chorus: Let loud Renown
  • Appendix
24. Air
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra, continuo