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According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Henry Purcell was an English composer; boy chorister; pupil of Humfrey and of Blow, whom he succeeded as organist of Westminster Abbey in 1679. Said to have died through a cold caused by being locked out of his own home at night. Wrote short opera "Dido and Aneas" for a Chelsea girl's school; also semi-operas (music not altogether predominant) including the "Fairy Queen", "King Arthur", "Dioclesian", "The Indian Queen", and music for various plays. Other works include "Odes for St Cecilia's Day" and other cantatas; songs; keyboard works; trio sonatas (some described in 3 parts and some as in 4, but identical in scoring), including the "Golden Sonata"; anthems and other church music. His subtlety in rhythm (especially in the treatment of English words) and harmony has contributed to his high 20th-century repute; he notably influenced Holst, Britten, and others. The Trumpet Voluntary is misattributed to him and was written by Jeremiah Clarke.
Henry Purcell also has a Lied and Air published in Leichte Trios - Easy Trios, a Boree, Menuett, 2 Hornpipes, a Scotch Tune [sic] and a Song Tune in Aus Alt-England: Old English Airs and Dances, a piece in Weihnachtliche Musik Alter Meister Für Blockflötenquartett, Englischer Tanz both in Flötenbüchlein Für Kleine Leute (D/d/a) and Flötenbüchlein Für Kleine Leute (D/d) as well as a Prelude copied in Manuscript Music Book.
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Priest on the Run by Piers Adams
Dowland, Ortiz, Serocki, et al / Antwerp Recorder Consort by Antwerp Recorder Consort
Höfische Lustbarkeiten by Irmhild Beutler
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas by Erik Bosgraaf
The King's Private Musick by Brisk Recorder Consort
Frans Brüggen Edition Vol. 03 (Englische Ensemblemusik) by Frans Brüggen
Private Musik: English Chamber Time Stuarts by Francis Colpron
By Purling Streams by Alan Davis
Preludes, Airs and Divisions by Alan Davis
The Perfect Gentleman by Patrick Denecker
The Art of the Recorder by David Munrow Ensemble
The Delightful (F)lute. Italy-England 1600-1700 by Myriam Eichberger
Ayres & Chaconys Henry Purcell: Phantasies by The Flautadors
Englische und italienische Barockmusik by Hans-Martin Linde
Romantic Baroque by Hans-Martin Linde
Fantazia by Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam
Sweet Follia by Matthias Maute
Delight In Disorder by Pedro Memelsdorff
London Musick by Dorothee Oberlinger
Italian and English Music for Recorder and Lute by Clas Pehrsson
Renaissance Recorder Music / Clas Pehrsson, Jakob Lindberg by Clas Pehrsson
Purcell: Ayres for Recorders by Hugo Reyne
Purcell/Dieupart: Recorder Ayres by Hugo Reyne
English Recorder Music of 17th & 18th Centuries by Michael Schneider
An English Collection by Maurice Steger
An English Collection by Maurice Steger
Portrait by Maurice Steger
Catherine Bott, Purcell - Sweeter than Roses - Restoration Theatre Songs by Pamela Thorby
An Excess of Pleasure by Pamela Thorby
Recorder Memories: Vegesack Double Quartett by The Vegesack Double Quartet