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Henry Purcell (/ ˈ p ɜːr s əl /, rare: / p ər ˈ s ɛ l /; [n 1] c. 10 September 1659 [n 2] – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, Dido and Aeneas; and his incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream called The Fairy Queen.
This is a list of musical compositions by Henry Purcell ... Z 230/3, Morning Service, "Benedicite Omnia Opera in ... Ode, "Of old when heroes thought it base ...
Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) [1] is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate.The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain.
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Dido's Lament ("When I am laid in earth") is the closing aria from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate. Dido's Lament chromatic fourth ground bass, measures 1–6 [1] It is included in many classical music textbooks to illustrate the descending chromatic fourth (passus duriusculus) in the ground bass.
The opera will be performed outdoors Dec. 11 at the Norton Museum of Art Sculpture Garden. Palm Beach Opera opens 60th season with Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas' Skip to main content
King Arthur, or The British Worthy (Z. 628), is a semi-opera [1] in five acts with music by Henry Purcell and a libretto by John Dryden.It was first performed at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, London, in late May or early June 1691.
English Opera Group orchestra Purcell Singers BBC Music Cat: BBCB 8003-2 1960 Teresa Berganza Hanny Steffek Gérard Souzay Jane Berbié: Pierre Dervaux Orchestra and Chorus of the Aix-en-Provence Festival: Walhall Cat: WLCD0326 1961 Janet Baker Patricia Clark Raimund Herincx Monica Sinclair: Anthony Lewis English Chamber Orchestra St. Anthony ...