O solitude

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Henry Purcell (1658/9-1695)
"O solitude, my sweetest choice", Z. 406, by Gérard Lesne
published 1684/5.

"The text of the powerful "O solitude, my sweetest choice" is a translation of a poem by Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant (1594-1661) , "La solitude". Thanslation is by Katherine Philips, known as "Orinda" as she called herself. It appeared in the fourth book of the anthology The Theater of Music in 1686.

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More on Katherine Phillips and her poetry:

 http://www.jimandellen.org/orinda.ord...

and on the original poem bt Saint-Amant with Phillips' translation: 

http://www.jimandellen.org/womenspoet..."

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