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Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell

Gender: Male

Birthday: 1659-09-10 - 1695-11-21

Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England

Also Known As: Генри Перселл

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.

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