- 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: 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 - 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 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
- Henry Purcell - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Purcell (born in Westminster, c 1659; died in Westminster, 21 November 1695) was an English composer Many musicians think he is the greatest English composer of all time Although he only lived until he was 36, he wrote a large amount of music
- Henry Purcell - New World Encyclopedia
Henry Purcell, (September 10, 1659 – November 21, 1695), a masterful Baroque composer, is generally considered to be one of England 's greatest composers Indeed, he has often been called England's finest native composer
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