Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus)

Claire Brua, Sophie Daneman, Gaëlle Méchaly, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

9 cited facts

1995
1:53
122 BPM · A major

What connects this song

Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.

Written by Henry Purcell, also Cold Song (Sting), Dido and Aeneas: Act III. “Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me” (Dido) / “When I am laid in earth” (Dido) (Anne Sofie von Otter) and The Cold Song (Klaus Nomi)
Released on Erato, also Quintette pour piano, 2 violons, alto & violoncelle en fa mineur : III. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco (Jean-Claude Bernède), Quintette pour piano, 2 violons, alto & violoncelle en fa mineur : II. Lento, con molto sentimento (Jean-Claude Bernède) and Quintette pour piano, 2 violons, alto & violoncelle en fa mineur : I. Molto moderato quasi lento - Allegro (Jean-Claude Bernède)
Part of Dido & Æneas, also Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene I. "Come away" (Sailor, chorus) - The Sailor's Dance (Jean-Paul Fouchécourt), Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Grief increases by concealing" (Belinda, Dido) - "When monarchs unite, how happy their state" (Chorus) (Véronique Gens) and Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "If not for mine, for Empire's sake" (Aeneas) - "Pursue thy conquest, Love" (Belinda) - "To the hills and the vales" (Chorus) (Nathan Berg)
Written by Nahum Tate, also Dido and Aeneas: Act III. “Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me” (Dido) / “When I am laid in earth” (Dido) (Anne Sofie von Otter), While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks) (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge) and While Shepherds Watched (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge)

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Henry Purcell wrote 541 songs on fono
Nahum Tate wrote 43 songs on fono
Henry Purcell’s most frequent co-writer is Nahum Tate (36 songs together)
Henry Purcell first appears on fono in 1954, 41 years before this song

Credits

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Written by: Henry Purcell and Nahum Tate
Performed by: Claire Brua, Gaëlle Méchaly, Les Arts Florissants and Sophie Daneman
Part of: Dido & Æneas
Released on: Erato

Written by: Henry Purcell and Nahum Tate
Performed by: Claire Brua, Gaëlle Méchaly, Les Arts Florissants and Sophie Daneman
Part of: Dido & Æneas
Released on: Erato

Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.

Same writer: Henry Purcell
Cold Song
Sting
2009
Same writer: Nahum Tate
Dido and Aeneas: Act III. “Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me” (Dido) / “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
Anne Sofie von Otter, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
1989
Same label: Erato
Quintette pour piano, 2 violons, alto & violoncelle en fa mineur : III. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco
Jean-Claude Bernède, Paul Boufil, Guy Chêne, Samson François, Gérard Montmayeur
1990
Same release: Dido & Æneas
Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene I. "Come away" (Sailor, chorus) - The Sailor's Dance
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
1995
Same writer: Nahum Tate
While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, John Wells, Sir David Willcocks
1986
Same label: Erato
Quintette pour piano, 2 violons, alto & violoncelle en fa mineur : II. Lento, con molto sentimento
Jean-Claude Bernède, Paul Boufil, Guy Chêne, Samson François, Gérard Montmayeur
1990
Same release: Dido & Æneas
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Grief increases by concealing" (Belinda, Dido) - "When monarchs unite, how happy their state" (Chorus)
Véronique Gens, Sophie Marin-Degor, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
1995
Same writer: Henry Purcell
The Cold Song
Klaus Nomi, Jon Cobert
1981

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1MusicBrainz Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was performed by Claire Brua
Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was performed by Claire Brua
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2MusicBrainz Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was performed by Gaëlle Méchaly
Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was performed by Gaëlle Méchaly
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3MusicBrainz Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was performed by Les Arts Florissants
Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was performed by Les Arts Florissants
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4MusicBrainz Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was performed by Sophie Daneman
Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was performed by Sophie Daneman
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5MusicBrainz Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was written by Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was written by Henry Purcell
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6MusicBrainz Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was written by Nahum Tate
Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was written by Nahum Tate
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7MusicBrainz Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) is part of the release Dido & Æneas
Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) is part of the release Dido & Æneas
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8MusicBrainz Erato is the label of the song Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus)
Erato is the label of the song Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus)
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9MusicBrainz Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was released on 1995
Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" (Two Witches, Sorceress) - "Ho! ho! ho!" (Chorus) was released on 1995
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