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John Blow

Venus and Adonis

Movements

Act I

  1. "Adonis Will Not Hunt Today"
  2. "Come follow the noblest game" / "Lachne has fast'ned first"
  3. "Venus!" / "Hark, hark"
  4. Act Tune (Tune for the flutes)
  5. Entry: A Dance by a Huntsman
  6. The Act Tune

Act II

  1. "Call the Graces" / "Mortals below"
  2. "Choose the Formal Fool"
  3. "The Insolent, the Arrogant"
  4. "You place with such delightful care"
  5. A Dance of Cupids
  6. Act Tune
  7. The Graces' Dance / Gavott / Saraband for the Graces / A Ground

Act III

  1. "Adonis, uncall'd for sighs"
  2. "Mourn for Thy Servant"
  3. "With solemn pomp"
  1. Overture

Prologue

  1. "Behold my arrows" / "Come shepherds all" / "Courtiers there is no faith in you"
  2. "In these sweet groves"
  3. Cupid's Entry

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