Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell

Profile info

Known forSound
GenderMale
Birthday10 September 1659
Died21 November 1695 (age 36)
Place of birthWestminster, London, England
Known credits36

Biography

Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer and organist of the middle Baroque era. He was extremely prolific, having composed more than 100 songs, a tragic opera Dido and Aeneas, and wrote incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream called The Fairy Queen.

Shani Diluka - Renaissance Royal Abbey of Fontevraud
Shani Diluka - Renaissance Royal Abbey of Fontevraud
2025 · Original Music Composer
Julia Leshneva & Franco Fagioli Bayreuth Baroque 2025
Julia Leshneva & Franco Fagioli Bayreuth Baroque 2025
2025 · Original Music Composer
Peace Project With Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Peace Project With Patricia Kopatchinskaja
2024 · Original Music Composer
Iveta Apkalna The 140th Anniversary of the Riga Cathedral Organ
Iveta Apkalna The 140th Anniversary of the Riga Cathedral Organ
2024 · Original Music Composer
Dido & Aeneas - Gran Teatre del Liceu
Dido & Aeneas - Gran Teatre del Liceu
2023 · Music
Untitled 1
Untitled 1
2023 · Compositor
Anhedonia
Anhedonia
2022 · Music
Sycorax
Sycorax
2021 · Music
The Music
2019 · Original Music Composer
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
2019 · Original Music Composer
Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf
2017 · Original Music Composer
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
2015 · Sound
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas
2010 · Music
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
2009 · Original Music Composer
Purcell: The Fairy Queen
Purcell: The Fairy Queen
2009 · Music
Dido & Aeneas
Dido & Aeneas
2005 · Original Music Composer
TRAGEDIA ENDOGONIDIA - C.#01 CESENA
TRAGEDIA ENDOGONIDIA - C.#01 CESENA
2002 · Music
Romance of the Heart
Romance of the Heart
1997 · Original Music Composer
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas
1996 · Music
Le dernier jour
Le dernier jour
1996 · Music
Above the Mountains
Above the Mountains
1992 · Music
Williamswood
Williamswood
1992 · Recording Supervision
The Tempest
The Tempest
1988 · Opera
Scattered Remains
Scattered Remains
1988 · Music Arranger
Café Müller
1985 · Music
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
1983 · Music
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978 · Original Music Composer
Come Back, Little Sheba
Come Back, Little Sheba
1977 · Music
Cygne II
Cygne II
1976 · Music
The Collection
The Collection
1976 · Music
Mirror
Mirror
1975 · Music
Born in '45
Born in '45
1966 · Music
The Creatures
The Creatures
1966 · Music
Purcell: Sacred Music
Composer
John Blow's Venus & Adonis / Henry Purcell's Dido & Aeneas
John Blow's Venus & Adonis / Henry Purcell's Dido & Aeneas
Music
Un cuento moral
Un cuento moral
Music
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