Henry Purcell
Birth Year: | 1659 |
Death Year: | 1695 |
Notes: | One of the greatest English composers, flourishing in the period that followed the restoration of the monarchy after the Puritan Commonwealth period. He spent much of his short life in the service of the Chapel Royal as a composer, organist and singer He composed both sacred and secular music.. |
Compositions:
Title | Alternate Title(s) |
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Ah! How Pleasant 'Tis to Love | |
Alleluluja | |
Benedicamus Domini | |
Chorus of Aerial Spirits | |
Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation | |
Come If You Dare | |
Come Ye Sons of Art | Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary; Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary 1694 |
Come, Follow Me | |
Dido and Aeneas | |
Dioclesian | The History of Dioclesian; The Prophetess |
Fairest Isle | |
Funeral Music for Queen Mary | Funeral Sentences Z27 |
Hear My Prayer, O Lord | |
Hear, Mighty Love | |
How Blest Are Shepherds | |
I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me | |
In Our Deep Vaulted Cell | |
In the Midst of Life We Are in Death | |
In These Delightful Pleasant Groves | |
Jehovah, Quam Multi Sunt Hostes Me | O Lord God, How Many Are My Oppressors; Psalm No. 3 |
King Arthur | |
Let the Fifes and the Clarions | |
Lord, How Long Wilt Thou Be Angry | |
Man Is for the Woman Made | |
Man That Is Born of a Woman | |
My Beloved Spake | |
My Heart Is Inditing | |
Nunc Dimittis and Gloria | |
Nunc Dimittis and Magnificat | |
Nymphs and Shepherds |