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BAROQUE COMPOSERS AND MUSICIANS. Henry Purcell. 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 (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.
Mar 20, 2009 · Classical music. This article is more than 15 years old. The British Orpheus. His music is ingenious, hauntingly beautiful and a rich source of inspiration. Five leading composers explain what...
Jun 28, 2016 · Henry Purcell (b. 1659?–d. 1695) is considered a major 17th-century composer and a luminary of English musical history. It is recognized that he consolidated English musical traditions stemming back to the middle of the 16th century and drew particularly upon Italian-style music of the 17th, reinventing and building upon them in highly ...
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). His first known composition was written at age eight. When his voice changed, he ...
England. English composer and organist Henry Purcell was a great figure of English opera. He was born in 1659 in Westminster, England. Son of a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey, he learned the fundamentals of his art early on in life; the family lived near the Abbey until his father’s death in 1664.
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