My dearest, my fairest - Purcell, Henry

📄

Preview not generated yet

Open PDF ↗

PDF MIDI MXL

Download PDF Download MIDI

Loading player...

⌛ Period → Baroque ◈ Genre → Arias

♯ Key E minor

⁄ Time Signature 3/2

♬ Voicing → SA

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range B1 – D5

¶ Language → English

Measures 73

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments Basso continuo

Pages 4

CPDL # 87479

Editor Wim Looyestijn

Posted 2025-11-19

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

MusicXML Part

B1 – G3

¶Lyrics / Text

My dearest, my fairest, I languish for you. Thy sweetness has won me, Thy charms have undone me, I ne'er, no ne'er shall be free. And if from thee parted, I burn till we meet, Ah, why are love's hours so short and so sweet! thus loving, and kissing, fresh joys we'll pursue, and ever be happy, and ever be true. But alas! should you change, Ah, tell me not so! No, never, my dearest, No, never my fairest, ah, no!