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Key Works
1683 Ode for St. Cecelia's Day (2 composed in this year, 2 more later)
1685 Rejoice in the Lord Alway
1688 Song 'Evening Hymn'
1689 Musik's Handmaid for harpsichord (including a version of 'Lilliburlero')
  Opera,Dido and Aeneas
1691 Incidental music to King Arthur, play by John Dryden
1692 Masque or 'semi opera',The Fairy Queen
  Songs 'Music for a While' and 'Nymphs and Shepherds'
1694 Ode 'Come Ye Sons of Art' (including aria, 'Sound the Trumpet')
1695 Queen Mary's Funeral Music
  'The Golden Sonata' for 2 violins, viola de gamba, and keyboard
  Semi opera,The Indian Queen
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