years | first line(s) | type of ode | place or institution | poet | composer |
1666 | Good morrow to the year New Year’s Day | English court | [poet unknown] | Henry Cooke |
1670 - 1677? | Tis not to add new glories to the day Birthday, Charles II | English court | [poet unknown] | William Turner |
1673 or 1674 | Smile again twice happy morn Birthday, Charles II | English court | [poet unknown] | Pelham Humfrey |
1675 or 1676 | Dread Sir, the prince of light New Year’s Day | English court | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1678 | The birth of Jove Birthday, Charles II | English court | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1679 | Great Janus, tho the festival be thine New Year’s Day | English court | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1679 | Oh mighty prince, whose loud or dreaded name Birthday, Charles II | English court | [poet unknown] | William Turner |
1680 | The new year is begun New Year’s Day | English court | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1680 | Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty King Welcome ode, Charles II | English court | [poet unknown] | Henry Purcell |
1681 | Great sir, the joy of all our hearts New Year’s Day | English court | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1681 | Swifter, Isis, swifter flow Welcome ode, Charles II | English court | [poet unknown] | Henry Purcell |
1681 | Up, shepherds, up Birthday, Charles II | English court | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1681 - 82 | Illustrious day, what glory canst ye boast Birthday, Queen Catherine of Braganza | London court? | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1682 | The summer’s absence unconcerned we bear Welcome ode, Charles II | English court | [poet unknown] | Henry Purcell |
1682 | What shall be done in behalf of the man? Welcome ode Duke of York | English court | [poet unknown] | Henry Purcell |
1683 | Dread Sir, father Janus New Year’s Day | English court | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1683 | Fly, bold rebellion Welcome ode, Charles II | English court | [poet unknown] | Henry Purcell |
1683 | From hardy climes Song ‘to Prince George upon his marriage with the Lady Ann[e]’ | English court | [poet unknown] | Henry Purcell |
1684 | Let all our fears, let all our murmurs cease Welcome ode, Charles II | English court | [poet unknown] | Giovanni Baptista Draghi |
1685 | How does the new-born infant year rejoice? New Year’s Day | English court | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1686 | Hail monarch sprung of race divine New Year’s Day | English court | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1686 | Ye tuneful muses raise your heads Welcome ode, James II | English court | [poet unknown] | Henry Purcell |
1687 | Is it a dream that thus deserves our sight New Year’s Day | English court | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1687 | Sound the trumpet! beat the drum! Welcome ode, James II | English court | [poet unknown] | Henry Purcell |
1689 | The noise of foreign wars Birth of the Duke of Gloucester (24 June 1689) | English court | [poet unknown] | Henry Purcell |
1691 | To England’s monarch, Holland’s chief Birthday, William III | English court | [poet unknown] | Nicholas Staggins |
1692 | Whilst he abroad does like the sun Birthday, William III | English court | [poet unknown] | ? John Blow? |
1695 | Who can from joy refrain Birthday, Duke of Gloucester | English court | [poet unknown] | Henry Purcell |
1696 | Appear Apollo’s darling sons appear Birthday, Duke of Gloucester, and for his instalment as a Knight of the Order of the Garter. | English court | [poet unknown] | Daniel Purcell |
1696 | Hail thou infant year with ye may bliss renew New Year | English court | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1696 | So all was cleared when your triumphant beams appeared Birthday, William III | English court | [poet unknown] | Nicholas Staggins |
1697 | The nymphs of ye wells and ye nymphs of ye hills Birthday, Duke of Gloucester | English court | [poet unknown] | ? John Blow? |
1698 | Welcome glorious day in times record forever live Birthday, Princess Anne | English court | [poet unknown] | Daniel Purcell |
1699 | Welcome happy day in times record forever live Birthday, William III | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Richard Leveridge |
1700 | Again the welcome morn we sing Birthday, Princess Anne | English court | [poet unknown] | Daniel Purcell |
1700 | Come bring ye song ye muse’s silence has been strangely long Birthday, Princess Anne | English court | [poet unknown] | John Blow |
1701 | Welcome genial day! Birthday, William III | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Richard Leveridge |
1704 | While Anna with victorious arms New Year | English court | [poet unknown] | John Eccles |
1706 | Hail happy day, hail auspicious light Birthday, Queen Anne | English court | [poet unknown] | Thomas Tudway |
1706 | Hail happy queen! Born to heal and to unite Ode on Marlborough’s Successes | English court | [poet unknown] | Jeremiah Clarke |
1706 | Let Nature smile, let all be gay Birthday, Queen Anne | English court | [poet unknown] | Jeremiah Clarke |
1707 | Hail happy day, when thy beams thou dost display Birthday, Queen Anne | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Charles Ximenes |
1709 | At length the teeming womb of time has ripened Birthday, Queen Anne | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Johann Sigismund Cousser |
1710 | Let’s melt the sullen world with sounds harmonious Birthday, Queen Anne | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Johann Sigismund Cousser |
1711 | Such harmony, as crowned the Olympic revels Birthday, Queen Anne | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Johann Sigismund Cousser |
1712 | Hail happy day! that blessed the earth Birthday, Queen Anne | English court | [poet unknown] | [composer unknown] |
1712 | Through all the race of rolling time Birthday, Queen Anne | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Johann Sigismund Cousser |
1714 | Glorious prince! The hope of Britain! Coronation of George I, 1714 | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Johann Sigismund Cousser |
1714 | Prepare, ye sons of art, your songs of joy Birthday, Queen Anne | English court | [poet unknown] | William Croft |
1714 | Sing great Anna’s matchless name Birthday, Queen Anne | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Johann Sigismund Cousser |
1715 | Awake, desponding fair one! Birthday, George I | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Johann Sigismund Cousser |
1716 | All hail! Thou happy land Birthday, George I | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Johann Sigismund Cousser |
1717 | Ye hov’ring zephyrs Birthday, George I | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Johann Sigismund Cousser |
1718 | Britannia, hail thy hero Birthday, George I | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Johann Sigismund Cousser |
1719 | All hail! Thou most auspicious day Birthday, George I | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Johann Sigismund Cousser |
? Post 1707 | No! He’s not dead! In memory of William III | Dublin court | [poet unknown] | Johann Sigismund Cousser |