John Weldon - Take O Take Those Lips Away

John Weldon (19 January 1676 -- 7 May 1736) was educated at Eton, where he was a chorister, and later received musical instruction from Henry Purcell. He moved to London and in 1701 took part in a competition to set Congreve's play 'The Judgement of Paris' to music. Surprisingly, Weldon's setting was chosen over contributions by his older, more experienced and better-known competitors, Daniel Purcell (younger brother of Henry), John Eccles and Godfrey Finger. Having established his reputation in London, Weldon continued for some years to write music for the theatre. Music for The Tempest, until the mid 1960s believed to have been composed by Henry Purcell, was in all probability written by Weldon for the Drury Lane Theatre, in 1712. Weldon's musical style owes much to Purcell's influence but is more Italianate and also embraces the 'modern' French styles and forms that were becoming increasingly popular at the time.

Take O Take Those Lips Away is here sung by Catherine Bott.

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[Hradrik]

It indeed really sounds like Purcell music. Very nice 5* and like button pushed.

thanks for sharing this since probably very few people know about this composer.