- Henry Purcell - Wikipedia
After his death, Purcell was honoured by many of his contemporaries, including his old friend John Blow, who wrote An Ode, on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell (Mark how the lark and linnet sing) with text by his old collaborator, John Dryden
- Henry Purcell | Biography, Songs, Music, Facts | Britannica
Henry Purcell, English composer of the middle Baroque period, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, Dido and Aeneas; and his incidental music to a version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream called The Fairy Queen
- Henry Purcell - The Kennedy Center
In 1679, he was named organist at the Abbey Purcell spent much of his talent in writing operas and incidental stage music Most of Purcell’s theatre music was written during the last five years of his life and he supplied music for more than forty plays
- Henry Purcell: A Guide to Resources at the Library of Congress
Henry Purcell, also known as the English Orpheus, was one of the most prolific and celebrated composers of the Baroque period He composed in every genre of his age from odes and anthems to theater music to catches and drinking songs
- Henry Purcell: a concise biography - BAROQUE MUSIC
Born in 1659, Henry Purcell was the finest and most original composer of his day Though he was to live a very short life (he died in 1695) he was able to enjoy and make full use of the renewed flowering of music after the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Purcell - Composers - Classic FM
Henry Purcell (1659–1695) is considered to be England's greatest composer of the Baroque era Henry Purcell was dubbed the "Orpheus Britannicus" for his ability to combine powerful English counterpoint with expressive, flexible, and dramatic word settings
- Longtime Orlando football coach Max Purcell dies at age 64
Max Purcell, who played football at Evans HIgh and FAMU, and was a coach and mentor to many young people at Evans, Edgewater and Wekiva high schools, died Monday from a cardiac arrest He was 64
- Henry Purcell - Biography | Deutsche Grammophon
Henry Purcell was one of the most versatile and imaginative composers of the late 17th century His life and work in London were closely tied to the political and social changes under the reign of three monarchs: Charles II, his brother James II, and William of Orange
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