NOTE 1:

The files on this page are stored in my account on Dropbox; you don't need a Dropbox account.
Click on the "Click here for the sound files" link, just below the publisher information, which takes you to Dropbox.
IGNORE ANY "SIGN UP" BUTTON; IGNORE ANY "JOIN THE FOLDER" BUTTON.
For more information, click on the "Files stored on Dropbox" link under USERFUL INFORMATION on the right-hand side of all pages.
Choose HELP>HOW TO PLAY THE FILES from the top menu for more help.
To return to my site, click on your browser's back button

 

NOTE 2:

The files on this page are out-of-copyright: no restriction to use applies

King Arthur (PurcellH)

King Arthur

Choruses

SATB+piano

Music: HENRY PURCELL
Edited: EDWARD TAYLOR

Jean-Charles Malahieude, 2012

Click here for the sound files

Note: Some movements have a page or two of soloists between chorus sections. I have replaced the solo sections with 2 bars rest.

1 We have sacrificed

1b Brave souls, to be renowned

1c To Woden’s Hall

1d Come, if you dare

2a Hither, this way bend (from 5 bars before chorus entry)

2b Come follow me

2c We brethren of air (omitting most repeats)

2d Shepherd leave decoying

3a See we assemble

3b ’Tis love that has warmed us

4a How happy the lover (from 8 bars before soloist entry)

4b No joys are above

5a Round thy coasts

5b Our natives not alone appear