The Old Bachelor, Z.607 (Purcell, Henry)

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Performer Pages A Far Cry (Ensemble)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Naxos

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Hornpipe

Publisher Info. Eric Haas
Performers Eric Haas
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Sheet Music

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Editor Alan Gray (1855–1935)
Publisher. Info. The Works of Henry Purcell, Vol.XXI (pp.19-37)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1917. Plate 14350.
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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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Hornpipe

Editor Eric Haas
Publisher. Info. Eric Haas
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano 4 Hands (Dunhill)
Arranger Thomas Dunhill (1877–1946)
Publisher. Info. London: Oxford University Press, 1933.
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): 54032000846848
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Hornpipe

For 4 Recorders (Haas)
Arranger Eric Haas
Publisher. Info. Eric Haas
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For Horn, Trumpet and Euphonium (Messerschmidt)
Arranger Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt (b. 1944)
Publisher. Info. Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt, 2017.
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau
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For Keyboard (Composer)
Editor William Barclay Squire (1855–1927)
Publisher. Info. Suites, Lessons and Pieces for the Harpsichord
London: J. & W. Chester, Ltd., 1918. Plate J.W.C. 2017-2020.
Reprinted Keyboard Works (p.62)
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1990.
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Misc. Notes Catalog number Z.T 685. Also on p.47 of Harpsichord Music and Organ Music
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General Information

Work Title The Old Bachelor
Alternative. Title
Composer Purcell, Henry
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Z.607
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IHP 56
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 11 movements:
1. Overture. [Grave] - [Canzona] - [Adagio]
2. Hornpipe
3. Slow Air
4. Hornpipe
5. Rondeau
6. Minuet
7. Boree
8. March
9. Jig
Act II
10. Song (soprano): Thus to a ripe, consenting maid
Act III
11. Two-Part Song (tenor? & bass): As Amoret and Thirsis lay
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1691?
First Publication. 1697 (excerpts)
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 11 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voice, flute, strings, continuo
Discography All Music Guide