Bacchus is a power divine
| Song Title | Bacchus is a power divine (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Henry Purcell |
| Author(s): | Anonymous |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Alcohol; Bacchus; Beginning; Bottles; Brave; Cares; Crowning; Dead; Delight; Dionysus; Divine; Drink; Drinking; Drunk; Drunkenness; Earth; Fancying; Fights; Filling; Flowers; Flowing; Fools; Garlands; Glasses; Gods; Greek mythology; Heads; Honor; Living; Love; Mighty; Noise; Peace; Pleasing; Power; Resigning; Riches; Scorning; Sinking; Thinking; Thoughts; Wars; Weaving; Wine |
| First Line | Bacchus is a power divine (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1698 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Bacchus_is_a_pow%27r_divine,_Z_360_(Henry_Purcell) |
| Larger Work | Orpheus Britannicus (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Bacchus_is_a_pow%27r_divine,_Z_360_(Henry_Purcell) |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qtKchVvvRk |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Z 360 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Bass or Baritone |
| Range: | D2 - D4 (Search) |
| Original Key | D Major (Search) |
| Notes | Benjamin Britten composed a realization of several of the songs in his "Purcell Realizations (1945)" to commemorate the 250th anniversary of his death (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | Basso continuo and voice (Search) |
| Sources Cited | http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Bacchus_is_a_pow%27r_divine,_Z_360_(Henry_Purcell) (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM , Sean Butler (Search) |
| Contributor Affiliation | The College of St. Rose (Search) |