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The son of a court musician, Henry Purcell was born in London in 1659. He flourished in the English Restoration under Charles II, after Cromwell's Puritan rule was turned back. He wrote a wide variety of pieces, instrumental, ensemble, orchestral, and vocal, but can always be remembered through Dido and Aeneas as the composer of the first English opera. He died in 1695, probably of ... [MORE]
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Classic Cat: Purcell
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Directory of mp3s on the internet that have been made available by their performing artists.
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Classical Music Archives: Purcell
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Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Over 80 files offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists.
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Henry Purcell
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Filmography at IMDb lists motion pictures using or based on his works.
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Henry Purcell
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Entry from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music at the Classical Music Pages. Includes life, posts, titles, and offices held, comments on style, noted works, and portrait.
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Henry Purcell
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Biography noting unsolved proof of parentage and early life, portraits, related composers, partial discography from the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program.
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Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
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Message board and live chat about the life and works.
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Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
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Karadar dictionary entry with life, MIDI audio samples, list of operas with libretti for Dido and Aeneas and The Indian Queen, plus catalogue.
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Henry Purcell Lyrics
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Texts, lyrics, and librettos from Dido and Aeneas, Indian Queen, and his Odes and Welcome Songs.
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Henry Purcell: a concise biography
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Portrait, life and work, at Court, the Chapel Royal, his Theater Music, Odes, and chamber music for London Music Societies. Music samples.
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Henry Purcell: Music for the London Theatre
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Incidental Theatre Music for Distressed Innocence, Abdelazer, Amphitryon, Fairy Queen, and chamber music. Accademia Monteverdiana. CD information plus music samples.
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Henry Purcell: Nine Trio Sonatas (1697)
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Nine Trio Sonatas from the 1697 set of 10. CD $8.95. Detailed content description and music samples. Baroque Music Club BMC 9. Pini, Tunnell, Lester.
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Henry Purcell: Odes, Anthems, Fantasias. Deller Consort CD.
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CD illustration, biography, and music samples.
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Purcell Works List
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(by Lewis Morton)
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Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
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Biographical sketch, caricature, summaries of stage works and various types of music, and Naxos discography.
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Henry Purcell: Composer of the First Great English Opera
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Biography, suggested reading, timeline, key works, recommended recordings, Purcell quotes, and links from Humanities Web.
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