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Daniel Purcell

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English composer, the younger brother or cousin of Henry Purcell.

Person · Open Library

Born
1660?
Died
1717
Works
25

Top works

  • A new opera
  • Trois sonates pour 2 flutes à bec alto et basse continue
  • (And now in her smiling sphere)
  • (Appear Apollo's darling son's)
  • (Beneath the covert of a grove)

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Listeners
1,618
Total plays
8,990

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baroqueenglishorganClassicalbritish

Daniel Purcell (1664 – 26 November 1717), was an English composer, the younger brother of Henry Purcell. As a teenager, Daniel Purcell joined the choir of the Chapel Royal, and in his mid-twenties he became organist of Magdalen College, Oxford. He began to compose while at Oxford, but in 1695 he moved to London to compose for the theatre. In 1700, he came third in a competition for the best musical setting of William Congreve's masque, The Judgement of Paris. In 1713 he was appointed organist

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Daniel Purcell
date of death
1717-11-26
date of birth
1664-01-01
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Daniel Purcell
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