HENRY PURCELL

5 articles related to HENRY PURCELL:

Composer

Music for a While: Purcell's entrancing appeasement of Alecto

England, Baroque
ORCHESTRA

Dido's Lament: sadness and simplicity of Purcell's best-known song

England, Chaconne, Opera, Baroque

ORCHESTRA

Abdelazer: Purcell's suite for the failed play gained popularity thanks to Britten's arrangement for children

England, Suite, Baroque, 20st Century Classical
VIOL

Exceptional sensibility of consort music from the traveling maestro of the Stuart era

England, Galliard, Pavane, Baroque
TRUMPET

Nameless trumpet sonata credited to Purcell after years of debate

England, Sonata, Baroque

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Early Music

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Indian Classical Music

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The Epoch of Romanticism

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