5. The bashful Thames, for beauty so renown’d

From Of Old, When Heroes Thought it Base, Z 333

Composer	Henry Purcell
Meter	2/2

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Instrumentation

Soprano
Countertenor
Tenor
Bass (vocal)
Continuo: Instrumental Bass

Notes

Footnote in Novello edition: “The chorus parts should be doubled by the strings.”

Resources

Full score: Henry Purcell, The Works of Henry Purcell vol. 1 (London: Stainer & Bell, 2008), p. 49
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