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BTC1153 PURCELL: LET THE DREADFUL ENGINES OF ETERNAL WILL, Z578/3

For voice (baritone or tenor) and piano
Composition date: Mar 1971
Genre: Purcell realization
Text: Thomas D'Urfey

From The comical history of Don Quixote part I

Duration: 6'
Dedication: The composition draft bears the inscription 'This realization is for John S-Q' (i.e., John Shirley-Quirk).

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