Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 10, 1659(36)
Day of Death
November 21, 1695
Place of Birth
Westminster, London, England
Also Known As
Генри Перселл
Henry Purcell
Sound
Biography
Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) 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 to a version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream called The Fairy Queen.