Composer · Baroque Era
Henry Purcell
1659 – 1695 · English · 4 operas in the catalogue
Henry Purcell (, rare: ; 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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Operas in the Opera Almanac Catalogue
- 1688 Dido and Aeneas, 1688 English
- 1690 Dioclesian, 1690 English
- 1691 King Arthur, 1691 English
- n/a Dido and Aeneas discography