Spite of the godhead, pow'rful love, Z417

composer

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Vinculum Societatis I, 1687

author of text

Anne Wharton (fl1687-1687)

Recordings

Purcell: Secular solo songs, Vol. 3

The King's Consort

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Purcell: The complete secular solo songs

The King's Consort

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Details

Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), The King's Consort

Track 9 on CDA66730 [0'58]

Track 9 on CDS44161/3 CD3 [0'58] 3CDs Boxed set (at a special price)

English

Spite of the godhead, pow'rful love, Z417

The first volume of Vinculum Societatis (1687) contained two songs by Purcell, Let formal lovers and Spite of the godhead, a setting of a poem by Anne Wharton. Purcell’s melody illustrates the lady’s tormented, hidden love for Philemon with angular intervals, but the ending has hope, for she will (if he should ‘Once take thy injur’d part’) put her pride aside, and declare her true love for him.

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