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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 Playford, the printer of the volume and the son of the music publisher John Playford, praises Purcell's setting of English texts.
Title-page of the first edition, London: Henry Playford, 1698
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
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
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 of Baroque music.
Portrait by John Closterman, c. 1695
Portrait by John Closterman, c. 1695
Engraved portrait of Purcell by R. White after Closterman, from Orpheus Britannicus
Engraved portrait of Purcell by R. White after Closterman, from Orpheus Britannicus
Purcell's manuscript copy of When on my sick bed I languish (c. 1680)
Purcell's manuscript copy of When on my sick bed I languish (c. 1680)
17th-century etching of Purcell
17th-century etching of Purcell