Orpheus Britannicus
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Orpheus Britannicus is a collection of songs by Henry Purcell, published posthumously in London in two volumes, the first in 1698 and the second in 1702. In the preface to the first volume, Henry Play
Title-page of the first edition, London: Henry Playford, 1698
Portrait of Purcell engraved by Robert White after Closterman, as in the first edition of 1698
Title-page of the second edition of volume I, London: William Pearson 1706
Henry Purcell
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Henry Purcell was an English composer and organist of the middle Baroque era. He was extremely prolific, having composed more than 100 songs, a tragic opera Dido and Aeneas, and wrote incidental music
Orpheus Britannicus
…Orpheus Britannicus is a collection of songs by Henry Purcell, published posthumously in London in two volumes, the first in 1698 and the second in 1702. In the preface to the first volume, Henry Playford – the…
Purcell's manuscript copy of When on my sick bed I languish (c. 1680)
Henry Purcell by John Closterman
"The Flowering of the English Baroque", bronze memorial sculpture by Glynn Williams in a small park on Victoria St, Westminster