Henry Purcell

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Henry Purcell was a prominent English Baroque composer renowned for his sacred music, operas, and instrumental works, and for his influential role in the musical life of late 17th-century England.

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Henry Purcell canonical 11
Purcell 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composer
English composer
composer
person
activeInPeriod late 17th century
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London
surface form: Westminster Abbey
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 1659-09-10
dateOfDeath 1695-11-21
employer Chapel Royal
Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
surface form: Westminster Abbey
ethnicGroup English
familyName Henry Purcell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Purcell
fullName Henry Purcell self-link
genre chamber music
incidental music
keyboard music
opera
sacred music
semi-opera
givenName Henry
hasPartInCatalogue Z numbers (Zimmerman catalogue)
hasPartInDiscography Z.626 Dido and Aeneas
influenced English Baroque music
later English composers
languageOfWorkOrName English
mannerOfDeath natural causes
movement Baroque
notableFor development of English opera
instrumental and keyboard works
sacred choral music
notableWork Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge
Come, Ye Sons of Art
Z.626 Dido and Aeneas
surface form: Dido and Aeneas

Fantazias for viols
Hail! Bright Cecilia
Keyboard suites
King Arthur
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Te Deum
surface form: Te Deum and Jubilate in D major

The Fairy-Queen
occupation composer
organist
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London

City of Westminster
surface form: Westminster
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London

City of Westminster
surface form: Westminster
positionHeld organist of Westminster Abbey
organist of the Chapel Royal
sexOrGender male

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Edward M. Purcell familyName Henry Purcell
this entity surface form: Purcell
Benjamin Britten influencedBy Henry Purcell
Bishop John Baptist Purcell familyName Henry Purcell
subject surface form: John Baptist Purcell
this entity surface form: Purcell
John Blow student Henry Purcell
John Blow notableStudent Henry Purcell
John Blow influenced Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell fullName Henry Purcell self-link
Henry Purcell familyName Henry Purcell self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Purcell
Baroque music notableComposer Henry Purcell
Pelham Humfrey notableStudent Henry Purcell
Pelham Humfrey influenced Henry Purcell