Anacreon's Defeat

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

ed. Gareth Thomas


                                         
This Po - et sings the Tro - jan Wars, a - no -ther of the The - ban


       

   
   

   
  

 
 
        
     

             
4 3 7 H

                           
4
   
 
jars, in ratt - - ling Num - bers, in ratt - - - - - ling


              
  



 
     
  


    
           
    
          

         
6 # 6 4 4 4 4
  
 
8
     
Num - bers, Verse that dares; This Po - et Sings the Tro - jan

                   

           


     
    
    
         
       
          
6 7 7 6 6

                 
12
           
     
Wars, a - no - ther of the The - ban jars, in ratt - - - -

      

  
        

  


   
               
  
                 

6

             
15

    
 

- ling Num - bers, in ratt - - - - ling Num - bers, Verse that dares.

      

           
     


     
 
 
       
 
    
 
  
  

# 6
5
Transcribed from Orpheus Brittanicus Volume 1 (London: Henry Playford, 1698)
Continuo realisation and accidentals in brackets are editorial. Spelling, figured bass and key signatures modernised.
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            
19
      
     
Whilst I in soft and hum - ble Verse, my own, my own Cap -


     
  
         

 
 
  


     
 
     
     
7 6 7 H §

                        
26

          
ti- vi - ties re - hearse; whilst I in soft, in soft and hum - ble Verse, my


                 
     


        
 
  
         
7 6 7 6 7 6 Y ! 7 6 5
!

         
                               
33

     
own Cap - ti - vi- ties re- hearse; I sing my own De - feats, which are

 
      
         
 


 



     
  
       
  

§ 4 E 6 6

            
        
39
         

not the E - vents of Com - mon War; I sing my own De - feats which are not the E - vents of Com - mon

    
   
    




 

 
       



     
   
    

      

6 4 3 6 N 6 § 6

      
        
46
   
          

War, which are not the E - vents of Com - mon War: Not Fleets at Sea have van- quished me, nor

           
               
   



        
 
        
             
    
6 6 § 6 § 6
 3

        
                
53

    
Bri - ga diers nor Ca - val - ry, nor Ranks and Files, nor Ranks and Files of In - fan - try; not Fleets at Sea have

    
    



 
         

 
        


  
  
            
           
 

6 6 § 6 § 6

                   
60
          
  
van- quished me, nor Bri - ga - diers nor Ca - val - ry, nor Ranks and Files, nor Ranks and Files of In - fan - try: No, no,

         
     
   
            
    


   
                  
             
! 6 6 6 # § 6 §

 
           
67

 
        
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, A - na - cre - on still de - fies, all, all you Ar -til - le - ry

      
                    


     
     
                     
6 6 6 7 6 6

        
74
             
     
Com - pa - nies, save those en - camped in kil - ling, kil - ling Eyes, each Dart his Mis - tress

  
     
       
  


    
     
       
6 § 4
2

        
78
 
       
   
shoots he dies, each Dart his Mis - tress shoots he dies.


    

         

 

   
   
   
7 6 7 6 7 6