Henry Purcell is thought to have lived in Westminster for his entire life.
Orpheus Britannicus' was the nickname that was given to the composer Henry Purcell. It was based on a book released by his widow containing many of his pieces.
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Henry Purcell is thought to have lived most of his life in Westminster. Although there is no record of baptism, Henry's father lived in Westminster around 1659 when Henry was born. He stayed in Westminster his entire life, apart from casual migrations to the court.
Henry Purcell took a leading role in the restoration of English music following the restoration of the Stuarts in 1660, following the interregnum during which the arts had received considerably less support and were regarded as suspect by the Puritans. In addition, he was adopted by 20th-century composer British Benjamin Britten as part of a characteristically English tradition of music that went beyond the known Sullivan, Elgar and Vaughan Williams. When Britten took the rondo from Abdelazar and arranged it to form the 'Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra', he made a Purcell melody unusually famous.
36 years
Henry Purcell died due to Tuberculosis.
Henry Purcell had six siblings.
Henry Purcell was born on September 10, 1659.
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music.
Purcell was an English Organist
Henry Purcell is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Henry Purcell was an English composer who's legacy is a uniquely English form of Baroque music.
Reinhold Sietz has written: 'Henry Purcell; Zeit, Leben, Werk' 'Henry Purcell'
Purcell was an English Organist
Henry Purcell was born on September 10, 1659 and died on November 21, 1695. Henry Purcell would have been 36 years old at the time of death or 355 years old today.
Henry Purcell married once. He wed Frances Peters in 1680, and they had six children together. Their marriage lasted until Purcell's untimely death in 1695.