Dioclesian (The Prophetess: or, The History of Dioclesian) is an English tragicomic semi-opera in five acts by Henry Purcell to a libretto by Thomas Betterton...
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adaptation of Fletcher and Massinger's Prophetess (afterwards called Dioclesian) and Dryden's Amphitryon. In 1691, he wrote the music for what is sometimes...
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as a da capo. It also appeared as a movement in Henry Purcell's opera, Dioclesian, and hundreds of other Baroque compositions.[citation needed] Léo Delibes...
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the various dances was provided by Josias Priest, who also worked on Dioclesian and King Arthur, and who was associated with Dido and Aeneas. A letter...
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others the size of farthings. They appear to me to be all of the Emperor Dioclesian" ([1]) "am baile – Fort Augustus". Archived from the original on 11 March...
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with Dioclesian's nephew Maximinian. (Maximinian is based on the historical Maximian, Diocletian's co-ruler but no familial relation.) Dioclesian rages...
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of compositions Opera Dido and Aeneas (1689) Dido's Lament discography Dioclesian (1690) King Arthur (1691) "Fairest Isle" The Fairy-Queen (1692) The Indian...
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Roman bath complexes Diocletian (band), a war metal band from New Zealand Dioclesian, a tragicomic semi-opera by Henry Purcell Diocletianopolis (disambiguation)...
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first since the ill-fated Albion and Albanius. This was the semi-opera Dioclesian (1690), an adaptation of a play by Beaumont and Fletcher. Purcell's music...
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of compositions Opera Dido and Aeneas (1689) Dido's Lament discography Dioclesian (1690) King Arthur (1691) "Fairest Isle" The Fairy-Queen (1692) The Indian...
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