Aria from Purcell's incidental music for John Dryden's adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus, featuring a ground bass and chromatic harmonies characteristic of the Baroque era.
"Music for a while" is an aria from Henry Purcell’s incidental music for John Dryden’s adaptation of "Oedipus." It is famed for its haunting ground bass and its text about music’s power to soothe emotional turmoil.
