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Henry Purcell

English composer (1659–1695)

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Henry Purcell (1659–1695) was an English composer, organist, and author. Born in Westminster, he was educated at Westminster School and studied under John Blow, Henry Cooke, Matthew Locke, and Pelham Humfrey. His musical output included operas, hymns, and odes, with notable works such as *Dido and Aeneas*, *The Fairy-Queen*, and *Hail, bright Cecilia*. He also composed *King Arthur, or, the British Worthy* and *Bonduca*.

Purcell played the pipe organ and harpsichord. He was a citizen of the Kingdom of England and had a sibling, Daniel Purcell. He died in Westminster on November 21, 1695, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1659
Died: 1695
Works: 174

Top works

Bonduca : Music Written to the Play of That Name
Producing the prophetess, or, The history of Dioclesian
Daidō kap ʻĪnīat
An introduction to the skill of musick
King Arthur, or, the British Worthy

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Sound · Westminster, London, England

Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer and organist of the middle Baroque era. He was extremely prolific, having 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.

Known for

Purcell: Sacred Music — Composer

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1659
Active to: 1695

baroquebritishbritish composerclassicalcomposerenglish

Discography

Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 529,948
Total plays: 5,001,863

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,411x
Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 20,469x
The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis
· 1998 · cited 19,810x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
· 2016 · cited 15,452x

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Quotes

“Music and Poetry have ever been acknowledged Sisters, which walking hand in hand support each other; As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes; and as poetry is a rise above prose and oratory, so is music the exaltation of poetry. Both of them may excel apart, but sure they are most excellent when they are oined, because nothing is then wanting to either of their perfections.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Henry
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Place of birth: Westminster
Place of death: Westminster
Sibling: Daniel Purcell
Occupation: musicologist
Educated at: Westminster School
Languages spoken: English language
Student of: Pelham Humfrey
Genre: ode
Movement: Baroque music
Instrument: harpsichord
Official website: www.henrypurcell.org.uk
Image: Henry Purcell by John Closterman.jpg
Number of children: 6

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place of burial: Westminster Abbey
writing language: English language
list of works: list of compositions by Henry Purcell
Commons category: Henry Purcell
date of death: 1695-11-21
topic's main category: Category:Henry Purcell
date of birth: 1659-09-10
Commons gallery: Henry Purcell
described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Commons Creator page: Henry Purcell
name in native language: Henry Purcell
start of work period: 1679-00-00
related category: Category:Compositions by Henry Purcell
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P12674: Stephen Full
P12749: Courtepin

Sources (5)

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Works in European collections

10 objects attributed to Henry Purcell, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

The blessed virgin 's expostulation: part 1; part 2/(music: Purcell. words: N. Tate)

Nymphs and Shepherds

Sweeter than roses/(Purcell, arr. Bergmann & Tibbett)

Air from “Dido & Aeneas”/(Purcell)

Epithalamium/(Purcell, arr. Bergmann & Tibbett)

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Encyclopedic overview

Henry Purcell (/ˈpɜːrsəl/, rare: /pərˈsɛl/; c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer and organist of the middle Baroque era. He was extremely prolific, having 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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Henry Purcell