Henry Purcell - Music for a While (from Oedipus, Z.583/2): 2 Standard & Simplified Versions
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.
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