The Prologue to Dido and Aeneas
Full Score
by Michael Nyman
Choir - Sheet Music

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SKU: HL.238318

Full Score. Composed by Michael Nyman. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. Composed 2017. 140 pages. Schott Music #CH78089. Published by Schott Music (HL.238318).

UPC: 888680888480. 12x16.75 inches. English.

Nyman's 2011 The Prologue to 'Dido and Aeneas' is a prologue to Henry Purcell's opera on a libretto by Nahum Tate. The libretto is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. It recounts the love of Dido, Queen of Carthage, for the Trojan hero Aeneas, and her despair when he abandons her. This edition of the work is scored for SATB, String section and Harpsichord.