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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.
The English composer Henry Purcell wrote funeral music that includes his Funeral Sentences and the later Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860. Two of the funeral sentences, "Man that is born of a woman" Z. 27 and "In the midst of life we are in death" Z. 17, survive in autograph score.
Purcell may have first set "Thou knowest" in 1672, perhaps to complete sentences by Henry Cooke for Cooke's funeral. [5] It is a polyphonic setting. [6] Purcell's autograph is extant and kept at the British Library. [5] It is among the earliest manuscripts in his hand, showing some features of youthful writing. [5]
Henry Purcell (1659–1695) Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (1659–1726) Theodor Schwartzkopff (1659–1732) Antonio Veracini (1659–1745) Giovanni Bianchi (c. 1660 – after 1720) [10] Sainte-Colombe, the son (1660–1720) Henrico Albicastro, or Johann Heinrich von Weissenburg (c. 1660–after 1730) Rosa Giacinta Badalla (c. 1660–c. 1710)
England, My England is a 1995 British historical film directed by Tony Palmer and starring Michael Ball, Simon Callow, Lucy Speed and Robert Stephens.It depicts the life of the composer Henry Purcell, seen through the eyes of a playwright in the 1960s who is trying to write a play about him. [1]
Dominic Purcell is in mourning following the death of his father, Joseph, and he honored his memory in a touching tribute.The Prison Break star took to Instagram on Monday to share the unfortunate ...
In 1995, the 300th anniversary of Purcell's death, the BBC launched a year-long festival of British music under the title "Fairest Isle". It was ushered in by a radio play, Steven Wyatt's Fairest Isle, a documentary drama about the writing and first production of King Arthur in which the eponymous song figured repeatedly. [16]
Dominic Purcell announced the death of his father, Joseph Purcell, with a heartwarming social media tribute. “My dad passed tonight,” Dominic, 54, began his Monday, April 8, Instagram post ...