Purcell H. Keyboard Works

Mineola: Dover Publications, 1990. — 94 p.
Reprint of Suites, Lessons and Pieces for the Harpsichord, London: J. & W. Chester, Ltd., 1918
Editor: William Barclay Squire.From the Preface: During the last fifty years several collections of Purcell’s Harpsichord Music have appeared. Some of these contain compositions which are now known to have been ascribed to him wrongly, while from time to time various new pieces have come to light. It is believed that the following pages contain all the original compositions that at present can be attributed to him with any degree of certainty. Arrangements (though many are probably from his pen) have been excluded, with the exception of the “New Ground,” from " Musick’s Handmaid ”—a transcription of the air, " Here the Deities approve,” from the 1683 St. Cecilia Ode. This has been retained, as the harpsichord version appeared during Purcell’s lifetime, though without the name of the composer.
Tempi and marks of expression have been added; but as they are not to be found in the originals, they may be varied according to the taste of the performer. It should be noted that in Purcell's time the tempo was supposed to be regulated by the time-signature. But, possibly owing to careless editing, the earliest editions (such as that of the “Choice Collection of Lessons,” in which Purcell’s Suites appeared in 1699) do not with any consistency carry out the rules laid down. It appears, however, certain that the tempi of the various dance-movements of the Suites (e.g., the Corants) differed considerably in England from those in use in France. With regard to the Graces, so important a feature in Harpsichord Music, the original signs have been retained. Their meaning will be easily understood by studying the following rules, which were prefixed to the “Choice Collection of Lessons” (1699) and other similar collections...From the Publisher's Note: This volume reproduces all the music, in its original order, from the four-volume set Suites, Lessons and Pieces for the Harpsichord published by J. & W. Chester. However, the names of many of the pieces have been changed to those given in Franklin B. Zimmerman’s Henry Purcell, 1659-1695: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music, and Zimmerman’s catalogue numbers have been supplied...Publisher's Note
Suites
Suite in G Major, Z. 660
Prelude
Almand
Corant,
Minuet
Suite in G Minor, Z. 661
Prelude
Almand
Corant
Saraband
Suite in G Major, Z. 662
Prelude
Almand
Corant
Suite in A Minor, Z. 663
Prelude
Almand
Corant
Saraband
Suite in C Major, Z. 666
Prelude
Almand
Corant
Saraband
Suite in D Major, Z. 667
Prelude
Almand
Hornpipe
Suite in D Minor, Z. 668
Prelude
Corant
Hornpipe
Suite in F Major, Z. 669
Prelude
Almand
Corant
Minuet
Other pieces
Trumpet Tune, called the Cibell, Z. T678
Trumpet Tune in C Major, Z. T697
A Ground in Gamut, Z. 645
Almand inC Major, from Suite, Z. 665
Saraband with Division, Z. 654
Voluntary inC Major, Z. 717
A Verse in F Major, Z. 716
Trumpet Tune in D Major
Air in D Minor, Z. T675
Air in D Minor, Z. T676 47
Ground in C Minor, Z. T68I 48
Prelude in A Minor, Z. 652 50
Suite in G Minor, Z. 661 4
Toccata in A Major, Z. D229 52
Hornpipe in E Minor, Z. T685 62
Air in G Major, Z. 641 63
Corant in G Major, Z. 644 64
Minuet in G Major, Z. 651 66
Voluntary in G Major, Z. 720 66
Song Tune, Z. T694 69
March in C Major, Z. 647 70
March in C Major, Z. 648 71
New Minuet in D Minor, Z. T689 72
Minuet in A Minor, Z. 649 73
Minuet in A Minor, Z. 650 74
A New Scotch Tune, Z. 655 75
A New Ground, Z. T682 76
Lilliburlero. A New Irish Tune, Z. 646 79
Rigadoon, Z. 653
Sefauchi's Farewell, Z. 656
Minuet in D Minor, Z. T688
Almand [Gavotte] in D Major, Z. D219/1
Borry [Saraband] in D Major, Z. D219/2
Verse in the Phrygian Mode
The Queen's Dolour. A Farewell, Z. 670
Minuet in E Minor, Z. D225
A Ground in D Minor, Z. D222