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.
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- A New Ground in E minor, Z. T682 (1)
- A New Scotch Tune Z 655 (1)
- Air in D Minor ZT 676 (1)
- An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 (2)
- If music be the food of love Z379A (2)
- Music for a while, Z583 (4)
- O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 (1)
- Queen's Dolour in A minor, Z670 (1)
- Six-Part In Nomine in G minor, Z746 (1)
- Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335 (1)
- Strike the Viol (from Come Ye Sons of Art, Z323) (1)
- The Libertine or The Libertine Destroyed - incidental music, Z600 (1)
- Trumpet Tune (1)
- What power art thou? (from King Arthur, Z628) (1)
- When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas) (6)
