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Henry Purcell: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born c.1659 • London • England
Died November 21, 1695 • London • England
Notable Works “Abdelazer” • “Dido and Aeneas” • “Dioclesian” • “King Arthur” • “My heart is inditing” • “Sonatas of III Parts” • “Te Deum and Jubilate” • “The Fairy Queen” • “Welcome Songs” • “Welcome to all the pleasures”
Movement / Style Baroque music

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William Byrd
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Oil portrait of composer Georg Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, showing Handel in a red coat with gold trim, white wig, and holding a sheet of music.
George Frideric Handel
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William Boyce
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Portrait of Benjamin Britten, British composer, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1957, wearing a dark suit and bow tie, with a serious expression and a brick wall in the background.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Jonathan Battishill
British composer
Thomas Arne, engraving (1782) after an illustration by Francesco Bartolozzi.
Thomas Arne
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William Lawes
English composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer
Painting by Elias Gottlieb Hausmann of Johann Sebastian Bach wearing a dark coat with a white shirt and holding a sheet of music in his left hand.
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
C.P.E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German composer
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Marin Marais
French composer
Blow, John
John Blow
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Matthew Locke, portrait by an unknown artist; in the collection of the Faculty of Music, University of Oxford
Matthew Locke
British composer
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Pelham Humfrey
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Thomas Tomkins
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William Croft
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer

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