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| type                = Tragic opera
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| composer            = [[Henry Purcell]]
| composer            = [[Henry Purcell]]
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| premiere_date      = spring 1689
| premiere_date      = Between December 1687 and summer of 1689<ref name="EnglishWiki"/>
| premiere_location  = Mr. Josias Priest's Boarding School for Girls ( Chelsea , London )
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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 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"/>
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| 2021
| [[2021]]
| [[À sa guitare (Album)]]
| [[À sa guitare (Album)]]
| [[Thibaut Garcia]]
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| 2021
| [[2021]] &dash; [[2022]]
| [[À sa guitare (Concert program)]]
| [[À sa guitare (Concert program)]]
| [[Thibaut Garcia]]
| [[Thibaut Garcia]]
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| libretto-text =<poem>{{lang|de|Bin ich zur Ruhe gebettet, möge mein Vergehen  
| libretto-text =<poem>{{lang|de|Bin ich erst zur Ruhe gebettet, möge mein Vergehen  
Dein Herz nicht bekümmern.
Dein Herz nicht bekümmern.
Gedenke meiner – aber ach! vergiss mein Schicksal.}}<ref name="FR"/></poem>}}
Gedenke meiner – aber ach! vergiss mein Schicksal.}}<ref name="FR"/></poem>}}
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==Manuscripts and sheet music==
==Manuscripts and sheet music==
[[File:Incipit when I am laid.jpg|400px|thumb|alt=Incipit of ''When I am laid in earth,' also showing the five-bar ground bass pattern|Incipit of ''When I am laid in earth,' also showing the five-bar ground bass pattern]]
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:Veröffentlicht:1841
:Veröffentlicht:1841
:Verlag:members of the Musical Antiquarian Society
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:Original aus:Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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