Plung'd in the Confines of Despair
( Plung'd in the confines of despair, to God I cried with fervent prayer; )
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) [ Great Britain ; England ]
Edition
Published by
Novello & Co. Ltd.
[Great Britain]
, 1992
; in Works of Henry Purcell, Volume 30
(236 p.)
Number of pages :
7
Editor or author of the restitution:
Fortune, Nigel
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
17th century
(1650-1699)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Baroque ; Hymn (sacred)
Type of Choir:
TTB (3 men voices )
Instrumentation:
Continuo OR Organ
(2 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Basso continuo
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
D minor
Duration:
4.0 min.
Musicological Sources:
BL Add. MS 30930 (f. 31) (Autograph).
Biblical references:
Psalms :
138
Source of text:
A Century of Select Psalms, and portions of the Psalms of David, Especially those of Praise, turned into Metre....For the use of the Charter-House, London. 2nd. ed. (London, 1684), p. 141.
