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Purcell, Henry
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Purcell, Henry (1658–95). The outstanding musician and composer of his time in Britain. Like other 17th‐cent. musicians, Purcell's career began in the church, first as a chorister at the Chapel Royal, then as organist at Westminster abbey composing anthems. At court he enjoyed the favour of successive monarchs composing odes on special occasions, but his works for Mary II are the best known, composed when Purcell was reaching the height of his powers, just before his premature death. The music he composed for her funeral is of a truly majestic solemnity and profundity.
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Performing the Music of Henry Purcell.
Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Despite the lack of information about Henry Purcell the man and the numerous questions...ignorant. "The First Performance of Purcell's Funeral Music for Queen Mary...Ornamentation in the Keyboard Music of Henry Purcell and His Contemporaries" to demonstrate...
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A checklist of the manuscript sources of Henry Purcell's music in the University of California, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles.
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...of the manuscript holdings of Henry Purcell's music in the University of...in Franklin B. Zimmerman's Henry Purcell 1659-1695: An Analytical Catalogue...Other Occasions. By the Late Mr. Henry Purcell (London, 1697): pp. 49...
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The Complete Sacred Music of Henry Purcell
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; THE COMPLETE SACRED MUSIC OF HENRY PURCELL Lynne Dawson and Susan Gritton...11 discs 11 hours 11' 55'' Henry Purcell's all too brief life span...us the complete Church Music of Henry Purcell. The recording quality is excellent...
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To Punctuate the Music Library, Period Pieces by Henry Purcell
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/13/1995; ; 700+ words
; The life of Henry Purcell was pitifully short; it's now the...with texts). This is devoted to Purcell's religious music, which is mostly...perhaps a shade less engaging, in "Henry Purcell: Anthems, Hymns, Voluntaries...
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Henry Purcell.(Henry Purcell: King Arthur)(George Frideric Handel: Teseo)(Video recording review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Henry Purcell. King Arthur. DVD. Konzertvereinigung...wondering what composers such as Handel and Purcell would make of our recent fascination...and Aeneas, the theatrical works of Henry Purcell are seldom encountered except as concert...
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Purcell y Shakespeare. (Henry Purcell, director de ópera; William Shakespeare, dramaturgo; presentaciones de ópera en Madrid, España)(TA: Henry Purcell, opera director; William Shakespeare, dramatist; opera shows in Madrid, Spain)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 9/1/1997; 595 words
; ...concierto: La reina de las hadas de Henry Purcell. La pera est basada en la comedia...texto, pero con su colaboracin Purcell logr una obra maestra que es difcil...hacen de La reina de las hadas de Purcell son los das 28 y 29 de agosto en...
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FOLK SONGS AND BALLADS/MUSIC OF HENRY PURCELL
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...7 CDs: 441:36 *) Music by PURCELL, EARL OF MORNINGTON, SAVILE...YEATS, MOORE, ROSSETER MUSIC OF HENRY PURCELL * Alfred Deller (ct), dir...BLOW Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell I don't know if everyone remembers...
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Henry Purcell and the Charterhouse: Composer in residence
Magazine article from: Musical Times; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...new evidence for a link between Purcell, the Chapel Royal and the life...Charterhouse AS WITH SO MUCH in Henry Purcell's life, the nature of his connections...the basis for the connection with Purcell, through his associations with...
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Voice -- Songs, Volume I-III by Henry Purcell and edited by Michael Tippett and Walter Bergmann
Magazine article from: The American Music Teacher; 2/1/1996; ; 606 words
; Songs, Volume I-III, by Henry Purcell (edited by Michael Tippett and Walter...and again, eight months later, at Purcell's own funeral. Another composition...Humphrey (1647-1674) and revised by Purcell. Five songs and the duet are not...
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SOUND THE TRUMPET: MUSIC BY HENRY PURCELL AND HIS FOLLOWERS
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 11/1/2008; ; 456 words
; SOUND THE TRUMPET: MUSIC BY HENRY PURCELL AND HIS FOLLOWERS * Mark Bennett...Instruments * HELIOS 55258 (70:31) PURCELL The Indian Queen: Symphony. The...two of the three "symphonies" by Purcell were meant to be diversions set...
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Henry Purcell
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Henry Purcell The English composer and organist Henry Purcell (1659-1695) was the only great figure of English...traditional styles with the new baroque principles from Italy. Henry Purcell was probably born in Westminster, then a city separate...
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Purcell, Henry (1659–1695)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
PURCELL, HENRY (1659 – 1695) PURCELL, HENRY (1659 – 1695), English composer. Purcell...Music ; Music Criticism . BIBLIOGRAPHY Harris, Ellen T. Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Oxford, 1987. Holman, Peter...
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Purcell, Henry
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Purcell, Henry ( b London, 1659; d London, 1695...composer and organist. Son of Thomas Purcell, one of the King's musicians. Boy...instrumental works that the real genius of Henry Purcell dwells. Prin. works:OPERA: Dido...
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Purcell, Daniel
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Purcell, Daniel ( b London, c. 1660; d London...organist and composer, brother of the great Henry Purcell . Org., Magdalen Coll., Oxford...plays and wrote mus. for final masque of Henry Purcell's The Indian Queen . Prolific writer...
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Cooke, Henry
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Cooke, Henry ( b c. 1616; d Hampton Court, 1672). Eng. bass and choirmaster...Master of the Children, among whom were Pelham Humfrey, John Blow, and Henry Purcell. Introduced It. style of singing and technique of comp. Was favourably...
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