Music for a while
| Song Title | Music for a while (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Henry Purcell |
| Author(s): | John Dryden |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Alecto; Beguiling; Cares; Comfort; Comforting; Dead; Death; Disdain; Dropping; Easing; Eternal; Freeing; Hands; Heads; Music; Pains; Peace; Pleasing; Snakes; Soothing; Whips; Wondering |
| First Line | Music for a while (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1692 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=19200 |
| Larger Work | Incidental music to "Oedipus" (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a4/IMSLP418358-PMLP130876-awhile.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/6oKYwo4H8JI1WgTmUfgVqX?si=BZcUlYxPTYSBJJJckQvmsg |
| Difficulty Level | HS; College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Z 583 (Search) |
| Range: | G4 - Ab5 (Search) |
| Original Key | C minor (Search) |
| Notes | Benjamin Britten wrote a piano realization of this piece. (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | Can be performed with harpsichord, continuo (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |