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Henry Purcell - Wikipedia Henry Purcell ( ˈpɜːrsəl , rare: pərˈsɛl ; [n 1] c 10 September 1659 [n 2] – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, 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 Night's Dream called The Fairy Queen
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 Biography, Facts, Videos, and Works - Classical . . . Henry Purcell was a noteworthy English composer of the Baroque era Known for his exquisite operas, semi-operas, songs, and his substantial contributions to sacred music, Purcell’s compositions have resonated across centuries, earning him the moniker, the “Orpheus Britannicus ”
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
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 Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements Timeline Henry Purcell was a 17th century English musician and composer, counted among the greatest English composers of all time A highly renowned musical figure of his era, his compositions covered a wide range of fields including the church, the stage, and the court
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 (1659-95) - musicacademyonline. com Like other English composers of the early Baroque period, Henry Purcell was not well-known outside his native country For non-British audiences, Purcell’s main claim to fame is his Dido and Aeneas, until recently considered the first English opera (meaning a fully sung work with no dialogue)
Henry Purcell summary | Britannica Henry Purcell, (born c 1659, London, Eng —died Nov 21, 1695, London), British composer Little is known of his origins, but he was in the Chapel Royal choir from boyhood, and he probably studied with Pelham Humfrey (1647–74) and John Blow (1649–1708)