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Henry Purcell (/ˈpɜːrsəl/; c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer. Although incorporating Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, Purcell's legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers; no other native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar.
Purcell was born in St Ann's Lane, Old Pye Street Westminster – the area of London later known as Devil's Acre – in 1659. Henry Purcell Senior, whose older brother Thomas Purcell (d. 1682) was also a musician, was a gentleman of the Chapel Royal and sang at the coronation of King Charles II of England. Henry the elder had three sons: Edward, Henry and Daniel. Daniel Purcell (d. 1717), the youngest of the brothers, was also a prolific composer who wrote the music for much of the final act of The Indian Queen after Henry Purcell's death. Henry Purcell's family lived just a few hundred yards west of Westminster Abbey from 1659 onwards.
The Fairy Queen or Queen of the Fairies was a figure from folklore who was believed to rule the fairies. Based on Shakespeare's influence, in English-speaking cultures she is often named Titania or Mab.
In Irish folklore, the last High Queen of the Daoine Sidhe - and wife of the High King Finvarra - was named Oona (or Oonagh, or Una, or Uonaidh etc.). In the ballad tradition of Northern England and Lowland Scotland, she was called the Queen of Elphame.
The character is also associated with the name Morgan (as with the Arthurian character of Morgan Le Fey, or Morgan of the Fairies), Meave, and L'annawnshee (literally, Underworld Fairy). In the Child Ballads Tam Lin (Child 39) and Thomas the Rhymer (Child 37), she is represented as both beautiful and seductive, and also as terrible and deadly. The Fairy Queen is said to pay a tithe to Hell every seven years, and her mortal lovers often provide this sacrifice. In Tam Lin, the title character tells his mortal lover:
The Fairy-Queen (1692; Purcell catalogue number Z.629) is a masque or semi-opera by Henry Purcell; a "Restoration spectacular". The libretto is an anonymous adaptation of William Shakespeare's wedding comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. First performed in 1692, The Fairy-Queen was composed three years before Purcell's death at the age of 35. Following his death, the score was lost and only rediscovered early in the twentieth century.
Purcell did not set any of Shakespeare's text to music; instead he composed music for short masques in every act but the first. The play itself was also slightly modernised in keeping with seventeenth-century dramatic conventions, but in the main the spoken text is as Shakespeare wrote it. The masques are related to the play metaphorically, rather than literally. Many critics have stated erroneously that they bear no relationship to the play, but recent scholarship has shown that the opera, which ends with a masque featuring Hymen, the God of Marriage, was actually composed for the fifteenth wedding anniversary of William and Mary.
The Fairy (French: La Fée) is a 2011 French-Belgian comedy film written and directed by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy. It won several prizes at the 2nd Magritte Awards.
Henry may refer to:
See also List of rulers named Henry.
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Genres: History,Performers: The Henry Purcell Quartet Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 -- 21 November 1695), was an English composer. Although incorporating Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, Purcell's legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers; no other native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar. Sonata No.1 in G minor (Z 790) Pavan in G minor for Three Violins and Bass (Z 752) Sonata No.2 in B flat major (Z 791) Pavan in B flat major for Two Violins and Bass (Z 750) Sonata No.3 in D minor (Z 792) Sonata No.4 in F major (Z 793) Pavan in A minor for Two Violins and Bass (Z 749) Sonata No.5 in A minor (Z 794) Sonata No.6 in C major (Z 795) Sonata No.7 in E minor (Z 796)
Henry PURCELL (1659-1695) KING ARTHUR or the British Worthy / LE ROI ARTHUR or le valeureux Breton / KING ARTHUR oder Britanniens Würde "A dramatick opera" Livret/ Libretto : John DRYDEN (1631-1700) ============================== VENUS Veronique GENS, soprano/Sopran PHILIDEL, HONOUR Claron McFADDEN, soprano/Sopran SHE Sandrine PIAU, soprano/Sopran CUPID, NEREID Susannah WATERS, soprano/Sopran Mark PADMORE, ténor/Tenor Iain PATON, ténor/Tenor GRIMBALD, HE Jonathan BEST, basse/bass/Baß COLD GENIUS, AEOLUS, COMUS Petteri SALOMAA, basse/bass/Baß PAN François BAZOLA, basse/bass/Baß ============================== LES ARTS FLORISSANTS Direction/Conductor/Dirigent : WILLIAM CHRISTIE ------------------------------------------------------- CHŒUR/CHORUS/CHOR Anha Bölkow, Anne Camb...
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) The Fairy Queen "If love's a sweet passion" Veronique Gens, soprano Les artes florissants, dir. William Christie If Love's a Sweet Passion, why does it torment? If a Bitter, oh tell me whence comes my content? Since I suffer with pleasure, why should I complain, Or grieve at my Fate, when I know 'tis in vain? Yet so pleasing the Pain, so soft is the Dart, That at once it both wounds me, and tickles my Heart. I press her Hand gently, look Languishing down, And by Passionate Silence I make my Love known. But oh! I'm Blest when so kind she does prove, By some willing mistake to discover her Love. When in striving to hide, she reveals all her Flame, And our Eyes tell each other, what neither dares Name. Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air, appear; Pr...
THE FAIRY QUEEN (Z.629), a semi-opera in 5 acts, by Henry Purcell. 1st performance in London, Dorset Garden, on May 2 1692 Libretto by Anonymous, after Shakespeare ACT ONE I. 1st music: Prelude II. 1st music: Hornpipe III. 2nd music: Air IV. 2nd music: Rondeau V. Overture VI. Jig ACT TWO VII. Suite: A prelude VIII. "A bird's Prelude" IX. Echo X. A Fairies Dances XI. A dance for the Followers of Night XII. Air ACT THREE XIII. Suite: Prelude "Love's a sweet passion" XIV. Overture symphony while the swams come forward XV. Dance for the Fairies XVI. Dance for the Green men XVII. Dance for the Haymakers XVIII. Hornpipe ACT FOUR XIX. Symphony: Prelude, Canzona, Largo, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro XX. Entry of Phoebus XXI. Air ACT FIVE XXII. Suite: Prelude XXIII. Entry dance XXIV. Symphony XXV. ...
Please consider a donation, http://www.patreon.com/VoicesofMusic and we will make more videos like this one The Rondeau from the incidental music (Z570) that Henry Purcell composed for the play Abdelazer, or the Moor's Revenge. HD Video from the Voices of Music Brandenburg Concerto project, 2013. One of Purcell’s last works, the play was staged in 1695, the year of Purcell's death, and the text of the play was written Aphra Behn. The Rondeau’s place in history was assured when the composer Benjamin Britten chose it for his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell (1946). After Purcell's death, his wife Frances gathered much of his unpublished works, and these were printed as “A collection of ayres, compos'd for the theatre and upon other occasions...
Henry PURCELL The Tempest or The Enchanted Island Semi-Opera, Z 631 c. 1695 1. Overture ACT 1 2. Where does the black fiend 3. Around, around we pace 4. Arise, ye subterranean winds 5. Dance of Winds ACT 3 6. Comme unto these yellow sands 7. Full fathom five 8. Dry those eyes 9. Kind fortune smiles ACT 4 10. Dance of Devils 11. The sailor's dance 12. Dear pretty youth ACT 5 13. Great Neptune! 14. The nereids and Tritons 15. Aeolus, you must appear 16. Your awful voice I hear 17. Halcyon days 18. See, see, the heavens smile 19. No stars again shall hurt you Rosemary Hardy [soprano] Roderick Earle [bass] Carol Hall [soprano] David Thomas [Bass] Jennifer Smith [soprano] Stephen Varcoe [baritone] John Elwes [tenor] Monteverdi Choir Monteverdi Orchestra John Eliot Gardi...
HENRY PURCELL Fantasies POUR VIOLES (LONDRES, 1680) 1 | Fantasia I à 3 en ré mineur | d minor Z. 732 0:00 2 | Fantasia II à 3 en fa majeur | F major Z. 733 2:49 3 | Fantasia III à 3 en sol mineur | g minor Z. 734 5:29 4 | Fantasia IV à 4 en sol mineur | g minor Z. 735 7:57 5 | Fantasia V à 4 en si bémol majeur | B♭ major Z. 736 11:13 6 | Fantasia VI à 4 en fa majeur | F major Z. 737 14:03 7 | Fantasia VII à 4 en do mineur | c minor Z. 738 17:13 8 | Fantasia VIII à 4 en ré mineur | d minor Z. 739 21:17 9 | Fantasia IX à 4 en la mineur | a minor Z. 740 24:42 10 | Fantasia X à 4 en mi mineur | e minor Z. 741 27:54 11 | Fantasia XI à 4 en sol majeur | G major Z. 742 31:04 12 | Fantasia XII à 4 en ré mineur | d minor Z. 743 34:00 13 | Fantasia XIII à 4 en la mineur | a minor Z. 74...
Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Arnold.
Performed by Pinchas Zukerman and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, with some paintings of Francisco de Zurbarán, and two portraits of Purcell.
Performers: The Henry Purcell Quartet Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 -- 21 November 1695), was an English composer. Although incorporating Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, Purcell's legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers; no other native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar. Sonata No.1 in G minor (Z 790) Pavan in G minor for Three Violins and Bass (Z 752) Sonata No.2 in B flat major (Z 791) Pavan in B flat major for Two Violins and Bass (Z 750) Sonata No.3 in D minor (Z 792) Sonata No.4 in F major (Z 793) Pavan in A minor for Two Violins and Bass (Z 749) Sonata No.5 in A minor (Z 794) Sonata No.6 in C major (Z 795) Sonata No.7 in E minor (Z 796)
Henry PURCELL (1659-1695) KING ARTHUR or the British Worthy / LE ROI ARTHUR or le valeureux Breton / KING ARTHUR oder Britanniens Würde "A dramatick opera" Livret/ Libretto : John DRYDEN (1631-1700) ============================== VENUS Veronique GENS, soprano/Sopran PHILIDEL, HONOUR Claron McFADDEN, soprano/Sopran SHE Sandrine PIAU, soprano/Sopran CUPID, NEREID Susannah WATERS, soprano/Sopran Mark PADMORE, ténor/Tenor Iain PATON, ténor/Tenor GRIMBALD, HE Jonathan BEST, basse/bass/Baß COLD GENIUS, AEOLUS, COMUS Petteri SALOMAA, basse/bass/Baß PAN François BAZOLA, basse/bass/Baß ============================== LES ARTS FLORISSANTS Direction/Conductor/Dirigent : WILLIAM CHRISTIE ------------------------------------------------------- CHŒUR/CHORUS/CHOR Anha Bölkow, Anne Camb...
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) The Fairy Queen "If love's a sweet passion" Veronique Gens, soprano Les artes florissants, dir. William Christie If Love's a Sweet Passion, why does it torment? If a Bitter, oh tell me whence comes my content? Since I suffer with pleasure, why should I complain, Or grieve at my Fate, when I know 'tis in vain? Yet so pleasing the Pain, so soft is the Dart, That at once it both wounds me, and tickles my Heart. I press her Hand gently, look Languishing down, And by Passionate Silence I make my Love known. But oh! I'm Blest when so kind she does prove, By some willing mistake to discover her Love. When in striving to hide, she reveals all her Flame, And our Eyes tell each other, what neither dares Name. Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air, appear; Pr...
THE FAIRY QUEEN (Z.629), a semi-opera in 5 acts, by Henry Purcell. 1st performance in London, Dorset Garden, on May 2 1692 Libretto by Anonymous, after Shakespeare ACT ONE I. 1st music: Prelude II. 1st music: Hornpipe III. 2nd music: Air IV. 2nd music: Rondeau V. Overture VI. Jig ACT TWO VII. Suite: A prelude VIII. "A bird's Prelude" IX. Echo X. A Fairies Dances XI. A dance for the Followers of Night XII. Air ACT THREE XIII. Suite: Prelude "Love's a sweet passion" XIV. Overture symphony while the swams come forward XV. Dance for the Fairies XVI. Dance for the Green men XVII. Dance for the Haymakers XVIII. Hornpipe ACT FOUR XIX. Symphony: Prelude, Canzona, Largo, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro XX. Entry of Phoebus XXI. Air ACT FIVE XXII. Suite: Prelude XXIII. Entry dance XXIV. Symphony XXV. ...
Please consider a donation, http://www.patreon.com/VoicesofMusic and we will make more videos like this one The Rondeau from the incidental music (Z570) that Henry Purcell composed for the play Abdelazer, or the Moor's Revenge. HD Video from the Voices of Music Brandenburg Concerto project, 2013. One of Purcell’s last works, the play was staged in 1695, the year of Purcell's death, and the text of the play was written Aphra Behn. The Rondeau’s place in history was assured when the composer Benjamin Britten chose it for his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell (1946). After Purcell's death, his wife Frances gathered much of his unpublished works, and these were printed as “A collection of ayres, compos'd for the theatre and upon other occasions...
Henry PURCELL The Tempest or The Enchanted Island Semi-Opera, Z 631 c. 1695 1. Overture ACT 1 2. Where does the black fiend 3. Around, around we pace 4. Arise, ye subterranean winds 5. Dance of Winds ACT 3 6. Comme unto these yellow sands 7. Full fathom five 8. Dry those eyes 9. Kind fortune smiles ACT 4 10. Dance of Devils 11. The sailor's dance 12. Dear pretty youth ACT 5 13. Great Neptune! 14. The nereids and Tritons 15. Aeolus, you must appear 16. Your awful voice I hear 17. Halcyon days 18. See, see, the heavens smile 19. No stars again shall hurt you Rosemary Hardy [soprano] Roderick Earle [bass] Carol Hall [soprano] David Thomas [Bass] Jennifer Smith [soprano] Stephen Varcoe [baritone] John Elwes [tenor] Monteverdi Choir Monteverdi Orchestra John Eliot Gardi...
HENRY PURCELL Fantasies POUR VIOLES (LONDRES, 1680) 1 | Fantasia I à 3 en ré mineur | d minor Z. 732 0:00 2 | Fantasia II à 3 en fa majeur | F major Z. 733 2:49 3 | Fantasia III à 3 en sol mineur | g minor Z. 734 5:29 4 | Fantasia IV à 4 en sol mineur | g minor Z. 735 7:57 5 | Fantasia V à 4 en si bémol majeur | B♭ major Z. 736 11:13 6 | Fantasia VI à 4 en fa majeur | F major Z. 737 14:03 7 | Fantasia VII à 4 en do mineur | c minor Z. 738 17:13 8 | Fantasia VIII à 4 en ré mineur | d minor Z. 739 21:17 9 | Fantasia IX à 4 en la mineur | a minor Z. 740 24:42 10 | Fantasia X à 4 en mi mineur | e minor Z. 741 27:54 11 | Fantasia XI à 4 en sol majeur | G major Z. 742 31:04 12 | Fantasia XII à 4 en ré mineur | d minor Z. 743 34:00 13 | Fantasia XIII à 4 en la mineur | a minor Z. 74...
Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Arnold.
Performed by Pinchas Zukerman and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, with some paintings of Francisco de Zurbarán, and two portraits of Purcell.
Henry Purcell Ode for St Cecilia Howard Armann
Documentário sobre Henry Purcell, com legendas em Português-Brasil.
BELINDA and SECOND WOMAN (repeated by CHORUS)
Fear no danger to ensue,
The Hero loves as well as you,
Ever gentle, ever smiling,
And the cares of life beguiling,
Cupid strew your path with flowers,