Compositions with John Dryden as librettist

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Creators Key Opus Composed Instrumentation Period/style Type Listen Code
Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Musick George Frideric Handel, composer
John Dryden, librettist
HWV 75 1736 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra Baroque Secular oratorios
King Arthur, or The British Worthy (Dramatick opera or semi-opera) Henry Purcell, composer
John Dryden, librettist
Z.628 1691 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra Baroque Operas
Aureng-Zebe (The Great Mogul) Henry Purcell, composer
John Dryden, librettist
Z.573 1692 voice and continuo Baroque Songs, Incidental music
An Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell John Blow, composer
John Dryden, librettist
1695 2 altos, 2 recorders and continuo Baroque Odes
Love-Canzonettes Richard St. Clair, composer
John Dryden, librettist
1990 mixed chorus Modern Canzonets
Veni Creator Spiritus, Op. 46 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer
John Dryden, librettist
Op.46 1891 soprano, alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra
mixed chorus and orchestra
Romantic Hymns
A Song for St. Cecilia's Day Vivian Fine, composer
John Dryden, librettist
1985 soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra Modern Songs
A Song for St. Cecilia's Day Jacob Bancks, composer
John Dryden, librettist
2015 soprano, tenor, female chorus and orchestra Modern Sacred songs
Amphitryon (The Two Sosias) Henry Purcell, composer
John Dryden, librettist
voices and orchestra Baroque Incidental music
Song for St Cecilia's Day (From harmony, from heav'nly harmony) Giovanni Battista Draghi, composer
John Dryden, librettist
1687 Baroque
Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero Henry Purcell, composer
John Dryden, librettist
Z.576 1692 Baroque


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