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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 The Fairy Queen, also The Fairy Queen: Act V: Dance for chinese men and women (Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra), The Fairy Queen: Act V: Hark! The ech'ing air (Catherine Bott) and The Fairy Queen: Act V: They shall be as happy (Catherine Bott)
Recorded at Schloss Herrenhausen, also The Fairy Queen: Act V: Dance for chinese men and women (Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra), The Fairy Queen: Act V: Hark! The ech'ing air (Catherine Bott) and The Fairy Queen: Act V: They shall be as happy (Catherine Bott)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
4 other songs on fono were recorded at Schloss Herrenhausen, by Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Ton Koopman and others
Henry Purcell wrote 541 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
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Henry Purcell
- Part of
- The Fairy Queen
- Recorded at
- Schloss Herrenhausen
- Released on
- Erato
- Written by
- Henry Purcell
- Part of
- The Fairy Queen
- Recorded at
- Schloss Herrenhausen
- Released on
- Erato
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Henry Purcell
Same label: Erato
Same release: The Fairy Queen
Same writer: Henry Purcell
Same label: Erato
Same release: The Fairy Queen
Same writer: Henry Purcell
Same label: Erato
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Fairy Queen: Act V: Thus happy and free was written by Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen: Act V: Thus happy and free was written by Henry Purcell
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2MusicBrainz The Fairy Queen: Act V: Thus happy and free is part of the release The Fairy Queen
The Fairy Queen: Act V: Thus happy and free is part of the release The Fairy Queen
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3MusicBrainz The Fairy Queen: Act V: Thus happy and free was recorded at Schloss Herrenhausen
The Fairy Queen: Act V: Thus happy and free was recorded at Schloss Herrenhausen
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4MusicBrainz Erato is the label of the song The Fairy Queen: Act V: Thus happy and free
Erato is the label of the song The Fairy Queen: Act V: Thus happy and free
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5MusicBrainz The Fairy Queen: Act V: Thus happy and free was released on 1995-03-03
The Fairy Queen: Act V: Thus happy and free was released on 1995-03-03
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026