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Purcell, Henry
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Eminent English musician, born at Westminster; was successively organist at Westminster Abbey and to the Chapel Royal; excelled in all forms of musical composition; was the author of anthems, cantatas, glees, &c., which attained great popularity; he set the songs of Shakespeare's "Tempest" to music (1658-1695).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Purcell, Henry'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/purcell-henry.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Purcell, Henry'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/purcell-henry.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
