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Henry Purcell
Born: 10th September 1659, London
Died: 21st November 1695, London
Nationality: English
Henry Purcell was an English composer and organist of the middle Baroque era. He composed more than 100 songs, a tragic opera Dido and Aeneas, and wrote incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream called The Fairy Queen.
Purcell's musical style was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Purcell is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Purcell
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Further Reading: Purcell
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Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
The Purcell Society’s major new redaction of Dido and Aeneas was first issued in 2021. The new vocal score edition from Stainer & Bell reflects the latest thinking in terms of source studies and historical musicology, is of impeccable scholarly provenance, and facilitates practical application for performers. Find out more.
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Popular Works: Purcell
- Air (33)
- An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 (26)
- Chacony in G minor (16)
- Come ye sons of art (Ode for Queen Mary's birthday, 1694), Z 323 (34)
- Dido and Aeneas (32)
- Fairest Isle (from King Arthur) (30)
- Fantasia Upon One Note in F major, Z745 (27)
- Fantazia 12 in D minor, Z. 743 (17)
- Fantazia 7 in C minor, Z. 738 (16)
- From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370 (18)
- Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692), Z328 (30)
- I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain (from The Indian Queen) (27)
- I'll sail upon the dog-star (from A Fool's Preferment or The Three Dukes of Dunstable, Z571) (20)
- If music be the food of love, Z379 (18)
- In these delightful pleasant Groves (22)
- Man is for the woman made (from The Mock Marriage, Z605) (23)
- Minuet (27)
- Music for a while, Z583 (23)
- Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695 (19)
- Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary: Thou knowest, Lord (16)
- Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400 (18)
- Nymphs and Shepherds, Z600 (24)
- O sing unto the Lord, Z44 (23)
- Rejoice in the Lord alway ('The Bell Anthem'), Z49 (17)
- Riggadoon, Z653 (20)
- Rondeau from Abdelazer (46)
- Rondo (21)
- Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying (from King Arthur, Z628) (16)
- Sonata for Trumpet and Strings in D major, Z850 (17)
- Sound the trumpet (from Come Ye Sons of Art, Z323) (19)
- Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335 (35)
- Suite (31)
- Suite from the Fairy Queen (16)
- Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) (21)
- Te Deum & Jubilate Deo in D, Z232 (22)
- Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), Z196 (17)
- Trumpet Tune (49)
- Trumpet Voluntary (19)
- What shall I do to show how much I love her? (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) (19)
- When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas) (63)
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