Dido and Aeneas

Chorus - With drooping wings

( Mvmt. 39 )
Editor: John Henry Fowler Henry Purcell
( Revision: 6-6-2006 )
( 1659 - 1695 )

  q =100 
   

Larghetto

              
 
Violin I
p 
  
Violin II
   
p
   
   
  
                     

Viola
p

  p  
   

           
   
Soprano



With droop - ing wings ye Cu - pids come, with droop - - ing wings, with

          
  
Alto

       
With droop - ing wings ye

         
p
  

Tenor


      
With droop - ing wings ye Cu - pids come, With droop - ing

 
   
p
Bass    
With droop - ing wings ye Cu - pids come,

Basso
               
p
#
    
        
Harpsichord
      
  
      
p
     
  
 1'27.4"
2 8.2.7

 
3

 
6
        
Vln. I        

      

  
     
   

Vln. II

                  
Viola
     

           
S.          
droop - - ing wings, with droop - ingwings ye Cu pids come, And
  
      
        

A.
 
Cu - pids come, with droop - ing wings ye Cu - pids come, And
       

               
 droop - ing wings, with droop -ing wings,with droop -ing wings,with droop -ingwings ye cu - pids come,
T.


   
    
       
B.
 
With droop - ing wings ye Cu - pids come, ye Cu - pids come,


    
       
  

Basso

# #
      
                   

  
Hpsc.


    
       
  

 3

       
11

Vln. I         

    

Vln. II                    
pp

                
Viola
 pp

     
S.          
scat - ter ro - ses, scat - ter, scat - ter ro - ses on her tomb,

 pp
A.                          
scat - ter ro - ses, scat - ter, scat - ter ro - ses, on her tomb, Soft, soft, and

               
pp
   
   

T.

And scat - ter, scat - ter ro - ses, on her tomb, Soft, soft,

   
    
      
B.

And scat - ter ro - ses, scat - ter ro - ses on her tomb,

  

         
Basso
 
#
         
Hpsc.    
    
 
 
 
   [ pp ]

          

4

             
16
     
Vln. I  

  
        
     
Vln. II
        
 
Viola                

  pp
                 
S.   


Soft, soft, and gen - tle, soft, soft, soft, soft, and

 
   
pp

           
A.
      
gen - tle as her heart, gen - tle as her heart, soft, soft, and gen - tle,

        
pp
        
 soft and gen - tle
T.

as her heart, soft, soft, and

              
 
pp
B.
      
Soft, soft, and gen - tle, soft, soft, soft, soft, soft, and

                

  
Basso  
pp
# 6 # (6) ( 7 7 6)
§

          
    

   
    
   
   

Hpsc.

           
pp
        
 
 5

              
   
     
21

    
Vln. I
p mp
 
mf f

Vln. II                       

mf
  
    p mp mf f

       
mf

                

Viola
 p mp mf f mf

          p     
f  
         mf
mp mf
S.     
 
gen - tle as her heart; Keep here, hear your watch, keep here, here, keep here your watch, and


            
mp  mf 
  
p
     
f
      
mf
A.  
gen - tle as her heart; Keep here, here your watch, keep here, here, keep here your watch, and

                 
p mp mf f mf
       
 gen - tle as her
T.

heart; Keep here, here your watch, keep here, here, keep here your watch, and

  p 
      
  mf   f    
  
mp mf
B.    
  


gen - tle as her heart; Keep here, here your watch, keep here, here, keep here your watch, and


               
f
       
p 
Basso
mp mf mf
# #
   
Hpsc.
 
                   

 

  
 
 
p mp mf
 
f
        
mf
             
 
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                   
26

                
1. 2.

Vln. I        
p
                  

Vln. II        
       p 
       

                           
Viola
   p


               p   mf         
S.             
    
nev - er, nev er, nev - er part, and nev er, nev- er, nev - er, nev - er part, With droop - part.

                   
            
p mf
A.       
nev er, nev er, nev - er part, and nev- er, nev- er, nev - er, nev - er part, part.

   mf         

             
p
           
 nev- er, nev er, nev - er part, and nev- er, nev er, nev - er, nev - er part
T.

With part.

   
     p   mf 
       
                
B.

nev- er, nev er, nev - er part, and nev er, nev- er, nev - er, nev - er part part.

            
         
Basso
p   
§ 6 # # mf
# 6 #3
4

                            

    
1. 2.

    p  
Hpsc.


p mf
                   
dim.

 
   