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''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'' is an Opera by [[Henry Purcell]]. Set to words by [[Nahum Tate]], the opera follows Dido's – the Queen of Carthage's – fate. Abandoned by her lover Aeneas, she dies.'''"When I am laid in earth"''' is her testament and closes the third and final act of the opera. The original stage direction reads: "She stabs herself on the funeral pile which is lighted."<ref name="Score"/> Concepted as a chaconne, it is set over a repeating, downward spiralling bass line. | ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'' is an Opera by [[Henry Purcell]]. Set to words by [[Nahum Tate]], the opera follows Dido's – the Queen of Carthage's – fate. Abandoned by her lover Aeneas, she dies.'''"When I am laid in earth"''' is her testament and closes the third and final act of the opera. The original stage direction reads: "She stabs herself on the funeral pile which is lighted."<ref name="Score"/> Concepted as a chaconne, it is set over a repeating, downward spiralling bass line. | ||
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[[File:Bass line dido.jpg| | [[File:Bass line dido.jpg|200px|thumb|alt=The five-bar ground bass pattern from Dido's Lament|The five-bar ground bass pattern from ''Dido's Lament'']] | ||
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