Sweeter than roses
| Song Title | Sweeter than roses (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Henry Purcell |
| Author(s): | Anonymous |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Beloved; Breezes; Cool; Dear; Evening; Fire; First Kiss; Flowery; Freezing; Kisses; Kissing; Love; Loving; Magic; Passion; Proving; Remembering; Reminiscing; Roses; Shoes; Shooting; Sweet; Touching; Trembling; Victorious; Warm |
| First Line | Sweeter than roses or cool ev'ning breeze (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1695 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=1372 |
| Larger Work | Incidental music to "Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country" (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/1/10/IMSLP64338-PMLP131084-Sweeter_than_roses.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/0hWafwi8OedqeOYaYPmtEY?si=B4mYZYcJTSyr7wOXkklxBQ |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Z 585 (Search) |
| Range: | D4 - A5 (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, lute (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |