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    Henry Purcell (/ˈpɜːrsəl/, rare: /pərˈsɛl/; c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music. Purcell's musical style...
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  • Edward Henry Purcell (died 1765), organist, was the son of Edward Purcell and grandson of the English Baroque master, Henry Purcell. He was a chorister...
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    This is a list of musical compositions by Henry Purcell. Pieces listed according to the Zimmerman catalogue. Z 1, Verse Anthem, "Awake, put on thy strength"...
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    a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first...
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    successor of Sir Hugh Purcell was Dyno Purcell, who in about 1120, received a grant of the manor of Catteshull, Surrey, from King Henry I. Catteshull is a...
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  • Henry Purcell (1659–1695) was an English composer. Purcell may also refer to: Purcell, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Johnson Township, Knox...
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  • Dido's Lament (category Compositions by Henry Purcell)
    laid in earth") is the closing aria from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate. It is included in many classical music...
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    Bonduca, or the British Heroine was set to music by the English composer Henry Purcell in 1695. One of the choruses, "Britons, Strike Home!", became a popular...
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    The Fairy-Queen (category Operas by Henry Purcell)
    The Fairy-Queen (1692; Purcell catalogue number Z.629) is a semi-opera by Henry Purcell; a "Restoration spectacular". The libretto is an anonymous adaptation...
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  • Charles Henry Purcell (27 January 1883 – 7 September 1951) was one of the most distinguished civil engineers in the United States during the 20th century...
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