Date sent: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:49:35 EST
Subject: Re: Purcell Songs - Rep question
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

In a message dated 01/28/2000 6:45:45 PM Pacific Standard Time,
fionat-at-interchange.ubc.ca writes:

<<
Can anyone think of other songs/arias by Purcell that might be equally as
emotionally moving as Dido's lament?? >>


Off the top of my head....I think "If music be the food of love" is
gloriously beautiful, as I do "Music for a while"(what could be more dramatic
than all those snakes dropping?!). Another sizable piece is "The Blessed
Virgin's Expostulation". For a bawdy fun tune, "Man is for the woman made".
Just a few quick ideas... Barbara