Purcell, Henry

Composer Information

Henry Purcell , was an English composer. Although incorporating Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, Purcell's legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers; no other native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar. Purcell was born in St Ann's Lane, Old Pye Street Westminster – the area of London later known as Devil's Acre – in 1659. Henry Purcell Senior, whose older brother Thomas Purcell (d. 1682) was also a musician, was a gentleman of the Chapel Royal and sang at the coronation of King Charles II of England.Henry the elder had three sons: Edward, Henry and Daniel. Daniel Purcell (d. 1717), the youngest of the brothers, was also a prolific composer who wrote the music for much of the final act of The Indian Queenafter Henry Purcell's death. Henry Purcell's family lived just a few hundred yards west of Westminster Abbey from the year 1659 onwards. [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Don Quixote (Incidental Music), Z. 578
• Oedipus (Incidental Music), Z. 583
• Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626
• The British Worthy, Z. 628
• The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
• Timon of Athens, Z. 632
• If Music Be the Food of Love Z. 379
• How pleasant is this flowery plain, Z. 543
• The Married Beau, Z. 603
• Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z.15
• When the cock begins to crow, ZD 172
• Fantasias and In Nomines
• Trumpet Tune The Cebell, ZT. 678