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Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Purcell was an English composer of the early Baroque period, who was most remembered for his more than 100 songs, the miniature opera Dido and Aeneas, and his incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, called The Fairy Queen.
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• Sonnata's of III parts two viollins and basse, to the organ or harpsecord, 1683.
• A musical entertainment performed on November XXII, 1683.
• The dialogue in the last opera, call'd The fairy queen, 1690.
• The catch club, or, Merry companions, 1690.
• The vocal and instrumental musick of The prophetess, or, The history of Dioclesian, 1691.
• Tis natures voice, 1693.
• A song in the double-dealler, 1694.
• Ode for the consort at York-buildings, 1695.
• A choice collection of lessons for the harpsichord or spinnet, 1696.
• A choice collection of lessons for the harpsichord or spinnet, 1697.
• Ten sonatas, 1697.
• Te Deum & Jubilate, 1697.
• Orpheus Britannicus, A collection of all the choicest songs for one, two, and three voices, 1698.
• A song sung by Mrs. Aliff in the play call'd Tyrannick love, or, The royal martyre, 1700.