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    Henry Purcell (/ˈpɜːrsəl/, rare: /pərˈsɛl/; c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music. Purcell's musical style...
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    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...
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  • Edward Henry Purcell (died 1765), organist, was the son of Edward Purcell and grandson of the English Baroque master, Henry Purcell. He was a chorister...
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    This is a list of musical compositions by Henry Purcell. Pieces listed according to the Zimmerman catalogue. Z 1, Verse Anthem, "Awake, put on thy strength"...
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  • Henry Purcell (1659–1695) was an English composer. Purcell may also refer to: Purcell, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Johnson Township, Knox...
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    Europe: Heinrich Schütz in Germany, Jean-Baptiste Lully in France, and Henry Purcell in England all helped to establish their national traditions in the...
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  • Dido's Lament (category Compositions by Henry Purcell)
    laid in earth") is the closing aria from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate. It is included in many classical music...
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    Bonduca, or the British Heroine was set to music by the English composer Henry Purcell in 1695. One of the choruses, "Britons, Strike Home!", became a popular...
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    successor of Sir Hugh Purcell was Dyno Purcell, who in about 1120, received a grant of the manor of Catteshull, Surrey, from King Henry I. Catteshull is a...
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    The Fairy-Queen (category Operas by Henry Purcell)
    The Fairy-Queen (1692; Purcell catalogue number Z.629) is a semi-opera by Henry Purcell; a "Restoration spectacular". The libretto is an anonymous adaptation...
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    Jindabyne (2006). In 2014, Purcell wrote and starred in the play, The Drover's Wife, based on the original story by Henry Lawson. In 2019, she went on...
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    Daniel Purcell (c. 1664 – buried 26 November 1717) was an English Baroque composer, the younger brother or cousin of Henry Purcell. Like Henry Purcell before...
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  • Restoration England, in the French modelled, Lullist influenced works of Henry Purcell, William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and their contemporaries, the short–long...
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    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....
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  • Soundtrack Academy nominations. "A Postcard To Henry Purcell" is based on a theme from Henry Purcell's incidental music for Abdelazar, that was also used...
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  • somewhat dubious, the piece was either written by John Blow or his student Henry Purcell. "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir", a hymn in twelve stanzas by Paul...
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    Scarlatti, Alessandro Stradella, Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Pachelbel, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe...
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    Henry Purcell (1844 – January 21, 1931) was a justice of the New York Supreme Court. "Henry Purcell, Ex-Justice, Dead. Noted Up-State Lawyer Succumbs...
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    secrets of our hearts", Z. 58, designates two choral settings composed by Henry Purcell. The text is one of the Anglican funeral sentences from the Book of...
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    Rules Quincy Watson Collateral Max Ray Ray Charles 2005 Stealth Lt. Henry Purcell Jarhead Staff Sgt. Sykes 2006 Miami Vice Ricardo Tubbs Dreamgirls Curtis...
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  • After Locke's death, a second flowering produced the semi-operas of Henry Purcell, notably King Arthur and The Fairy-Queen. Semi-opera received a deathblow...
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  • (song), an aria from the opera Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell; see List of compositions by Henry Purcell Search for "wayward sister"  or "wayward sisters"...
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    lutenists. Some of the earliest art songs are found in the music of Henry Purcell. The tradition of the romance, a love song with a flowing accompaniment...
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    century and early 18th century by composers in other nations such as Henry Purcell in England and Johann Sebastian Bach in Germany. While J.S. Bach's rondos...
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  • Charles Henry Purcell (27 January 1883 – 7 September 1951) was one of the most distinguished civil engineers in the United States during the 20th century...
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    in late 1668, his pupils included William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and Henry Purcell. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II. His only stage...
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  • the 17th century, used by Giacomo Carissimi, Arcangelo Corelli, and Henry Purcell. It is called a "sixth" because the interval between the bass note and...
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  • "Madamina, il catalogo è questo" (Don Giovanni) Hubert Parry Jerusalem Henry Purcell Thy Hand Belinda... When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) Reynaldo...
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  • pilots out of 400 applicants; Lieutenants Ben Gannon, Kara Wade, and Henry Purcell. Captain George Cummings is the overall head. Cummings hires Dr. Keith...
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  • attributed incorrectly to Clarke's elder and more widely known contemporary Henry Purcell. The misattribution emanated from an arrangement for organ published...
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