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Purcell, Henry

composer, organ, bass, counter tenor


born: 1659 London, England Source: 1  

born: 1658 Westminster, London, England Source: 2,3,4  
born: 1658 Source: 5  

died: 21 Nov 1695 Westminster, London, England Source: 1  

active in church: 1679-1695 London, England Source: 1  

The Music Sack has 886 items with information about Henry Purcell
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 1996

Hamilton, J.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : Harmonia Sacra & Complete Organ Works (Jill Feldman, soprano, Davitt Moroney, harpsichord) (Arcana CD)
Consort: 52:65-6 N1 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Hagestedt, Jens
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell, John Blow : Voluntaries, Suites und Grounds (Gustav Leonhardt) (Philips)
Stereoplay N1:169 Jan 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Wickham, E.
The Arcadians
Early Music Today 4:9+ N2 1996
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       Note: Dartington's early music summer school

Number of People : 1


 1996

Porter, Andrew
British opera diary
Opera (England) 47:109-11 Jan 1996
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       Note: Behind the Masque

Number of People : 1


 1996

Hamilton, J.
Reviews / recordings Purcell, Blow, Locke : Organ Works (John Butt) (Harmonia Mundi France CD)
Consort: 52:65-6 N1 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Schwarte, Michael
Schallplatten Henry Purcell : King Arthur (Gens, McFadden, Piau, Waters, Best, Padmore, Paton, Salomaa, Les Arts Florissants; William Christie) (Erato CD)
Concerto 13:32-3 Jun 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Laurie, Margaret
Books for the Purcell tercentenary
Brio 33:11-18 N1 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Paterson, S.
Listening post Purcell : Full Anthems; Organ Music; Music on the Death of Queen Mary (Laurence Cummings, organ, Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly, conductor) (Naxos CD)
Classical Music Magazine 19:28 N1 1996
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1996

Boehmer, Konrad
Ein diskographischer Ruckblick aufs Purcell-Jahr
Concerto 13:38-40 Feb 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Tassel, E. van
Purcell's sacred music on record : II
Early Music 24:79-92 N1 1996
       discog il notes

Number of People : 1


 1996

Theme et variations : Annee Purcell
Diapason (France) N422:64 Jan 1996
       il port

Number of People : 1


 1996

Kogler, Horst
Shakespeares Zettelkasten
Opernwelt N9:45-6 Sep 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Legany, Dezso
Gondolatok Purcellrol
Magyar Zene 36:72-5 N1 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

CD reviews Purcell : Music for Westminster Abbey (M. Phillips, organ; Cantores in Ecclesia, M. Howard, dir.) (BBC Radio Classics CD)
Musical Opinion 119:11 Sup Aug 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Jenkins, L.
[Review of film England, My England]
Early Music Today 4:3 N1 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Graeme, R.
So fair the game, so rich the sport : Dido and Aeneas on record
Opera Quarterly: 13:55-70 N1 1996
       notes

Number of People : 1


 1996

Practica musicae : Mad songs and Englishmen
Journal of Singing 52:53-8 N3 1996
       bibliog
       Note: Purcell's mad scenes and songs

Number of People : 1


 1996

Tassel, E. van
[Purcell's sacred music on record; II. E. Van Tassel.] Correspondence : Purcell and pitch. P. Holman. Reply
Early Music 24:366 N2 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Schreiber, Ulrich
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : the Indian Queen (Kirkby, Bott, Ainsley, Thomas, Finley, Soli, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood) (L'Oiseau Lyre)
Stereoplay N1:165 Jan 1996
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Number of People : 1


 1996

Hefling, Stephen E.
Marvin, B.
Q & A
American Recorder 37:38-9 N4 1996
       mus
       Note: overdotting in Purcell
       Note: medieval recorders

Number of People : 1


 1996

Funeral Sentences. Ed. by C. Hogwood.
Brio 33:83-4 N1 1996
       Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press. u3.95

Number of People : 1


 1996

Burden, M.
Reports Purcell and Elgar
Early Music 24:180-82 N1 1996
       facs mus

Number of People : 1


 1996

A Purcell Anthology. Ed. by B. Wood.
Brio 33:83-4 N1 1996
       Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press. u7.95

Number of People : 1


 1996

Hamilton, J.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : Harmonia Sacra & Complete Organ Works (Jill Feldman, soprano, Davitt Moroney, harpsichord) (Arcana CD)
Consort: 52:65-6 N1 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Schreiber, Ulrich
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : the Fairy Queen (Bonney, McNair, von Magnus, Chance, Dale, Holl, Michaels-Moore; Arnold Schonberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt) (Teldec, 2 CDs)
Stereoplay N2:141 Feb 1996
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Number of People : 1


 1996

Hancock, W.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : the Fantazias & In Nomines (Fretwork) (Virgin Veritas CD)
Consort: 52:55 N1 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Schreiber, Ulrich
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : Dioclesian; Timon of Athens (C. Pierard, J. Bowman, J.M. Ainsley, M. Padmore, M. George, Chor und Orchester Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox) (Chandos)
Stereoplay N4:152 Apr 1996
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Number of People : 1


 1996

Reviews
Musical Opinion 119:8 Sup Feb 1996
       Note: English Baroque Choir and Players' and Opus 20's tercentenary concerts

Number of People : 1


 1996

Ein fast vergessenes Genie
Zum 300. Todestag von Henry Purcell
Oper und Konzert 33:30-31 N1 1996
       facs mus port

Number of People : 1


 1996

Graeme, R.
So fair the game, so rich the sport : Dido and Aeneas on record
Opera Quarterly: 13:55-70 N1 1996
       discog notes

Number of People : 1


 1996

Downey, P.
[English trumpets. A response. P. Holman]
[A counterblast on English trumpets. A. Pinnock and B. Wood]
[Sounding the trumpet. J. Montagu]
On sounding the trumpet and beating the drum in 17th-century England
Early Music 24:263-77 N2 1996
       facs il mus notes

Number of People : 1


 1996

Graeme, R.
Recordings King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Henry Purcell (Veronique Gens, Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Susannah Waters, Mark Padmore, Iain Paton, Jonathan Best, Petteri Salomaa, Francois Bazola; Les Arts Florissants; William Christie, conductor) (Erato, 2 CDs)
Opera Quarterly: 12:118-20 N4 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Freeman-Attwood, J.
Purcell in profusion
Gramophone 73:23-4 Jan 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

A Purcell Anthology : 12 Anthems
Ed. by B. Wood.
Music & Letters 77:313-14 N2 1996
       Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1995. u7.95

Number of People : 1


 1996

Hancock, W.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : Fantasias for the Viols (Hesperion XX) (Astree Auvidis CD)
Consort: 52:55 N1 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Baroque Keyboard Music in Italy, France, England, and Germany

p. 33 In:
Gordon, Stewart
A History of Keyboard Literature.
Music for the Piano and its Forerunners
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 566 p.

Number of People : 32


 1996

Kareda, U.
Listening post Purcell : Dido and Aeneas (Jennifer Lane, Ann Monoyios, Shari Saunders, Meredith Hall, Russell Braun, Benjamin Butterfield; Tafelmusick Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir, Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins, directors) (CBC CD)
Classical Music Magazine 19:28 N1 1996
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1996

McCleave, S.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : the Indian Queen (Catherine Mackintosh, Tessa Bonner, Catherine Bott, Rogers Covey-Crump, Peter Harvey; the Purcell Simfony, The Purcell Simfony Voices) (Linn CD)
Consort: 52:68 N1 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Segerman, E.
A re-examination of the evidence on absolute tempo before 1700 : I
Early Music 24:240+ N2 1996
       facs il mus notes

Number of People : 1


 1996

Davis, A.
Purcell and the recorder
Recorder Magazine: 16:9-15 N1 1996
       chart mus notes
       Note: includes list of works

Number of People : 1


 1996

Bond, Ann
Organ CDs Purcell and Blow: Voluntaries, Suites and Grounds (G. Leonhardt, harpsichord and organ) (Philips)
Choir & Organ 4:66 N1 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Funeral Sentences with March and Canzona for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Ed. by C. Hogwood.
Music & Letters 77:313-14 N2 1996
       Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1995. u3.95

Number of People : 1


 1996

Campbell, M.
Reports London, November 1995: Purcell Tercentenary
Consort: 52:40-42 N1 1996

Number of People : 1


 1995

Price, C.
King Arthur : the play and the music
Opera (England) 46:140-44 Feb 1995
       cover port il

Number of People : 1


 1995

Schreiber, Ulrich
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : King Arthur (Gens, McFadden, Piau, Padmore, Salomaa, Best, Chor und Orchester Les Arts Florissants, William Christie) (Erato, 2 CDs)
Stereoplay N9:166 Sep 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Long, R.
Classical recordings Purcell : Songs of Welcome and Farewell (Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs and Erin Headley) (Teldec CD)
Audio 79:74 Aug 1995
       il port

Number of People : 1


 1995

Opera
Musical Opinion 118:114 Summer 1995
       Note: Queen Elizabeth Hall

Number of People : 1


 1995

Mellers, Wilfred Howard
A Purcellian church : 2
Choir & Organ 3:12-15 N5 1995
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1995

Tassel, E. van
Collection Purcell on record
Gramophone 73:65+ Nov 1995
       port

Number of People : 1


 1995

Listener's gallery The Secular Solo Songs of Henry Purcell : Vol. 1.
Nats Journal: 51:69-70 N4 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Dodging the planes in Paris
Classic Cd N59:78 Mar 1995
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Number of People : 1


 1995

Reviews / classical music Purcell : the Fairy Queen (Catherine Bott (soprano), Jeffrey Thomas (tenor), Michael Schopper (bass), others; Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra, Ton Koopman conductor) (Erato)
Stereo Review 60:122 Dec 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Timberlake, C.
Practica musicae : Orpheus britannicus : Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Journal of Singing 52:43-6 N1 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Loehlein, H.H.
Semi-Opera und Semi-Mozart
The Indian Queen von Purcell und Salieris Falstaff in Schwetzingen
Musica 49:250-53 N4 1995

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 1995

Tassel, E. van
Purcell's sacred music on record : I
Early Music 23:685-8+ N4 1995
       notes

Number of People : 1


 1995

Long, R.
Classical recordings Purcell : Fantasias for the Viols, 1680 (Hesperion XX) (Astree CD)
Audio 79:74 Aug 1995
       il port

Number of People : 1


 1995

Burden, M.
He had the honour to be your master : Lady Rhoda Cavendish's music lessons with Henry Purcell
Music & Letters 76:532-9 N4 1995
       chart notes table

Number of People : 1


 1995

Burgess, G.
Choral CDs Henry Purcell : Anthems and Hymns (Tolzer Knabenchor/Period Instrument Ensemble/Soloists/Gustav Leonhardt) (Vivarte)
Choir & Organ 3:62 N5 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Blyth, Alan
Larmige Show
Opernwelt N12:48-9 Dec 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Pinnock, A.
Fairest Isle (TM) : land of the scholar-kings
Early Music 23:651-2+ N4 1995
       il notes port

Number of People : 1


 1995

Sadie, Stanley
Recordings Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus (Agnes Mellon, Christophe Rousset, Wieland Kuijken) (Astree Audivis [sic] CD)
Consort: 51:63 N1 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Kerschbaumer, S.
Recordings
Opera News 60:47 Oct 1995
       illustr.
       Note: six recordings of Purcell works

Number of People : 1


 1995

Paris Opera : Donjons et chateaux sous le regne d'Arthur
Diapason (France) N414:16 Apr 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Mezger, Manfred
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : Fantasien und In Nomines fur Gambenkonsort (Fretwork) (Virgin)
Stereoplay N7:145 Jul 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Smith, R.L.
Haste, haste to town
Musical Times, 136:672-3 Dec 1995
       discog

Number of People : 1


 1995

Concerts
Musical Opinion 118:45 Spring 1995
       Note: Wigmore Hall's Purcell celebrations, The English Orpheus

Number of People : 1


 1995

Three Odes for St. Cecilia's Day
Ed. by B. Wood. (London, Novello (Presser), 1990. $75.50)
Notes 51:1129+ N3 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Henry Purcell
The Gresham Autograph. Intro. by M. Laurie and R. Thompson.
Early Music 23:703-5 N4 1995
       Note: London, Novello, 1995. u75.00

Number of People : 1


 1995

Campbell, M.
London, January-May 1995 : Purcell tercentenary celebrations
Consort: 51:126-8 N2 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Beaujean, Alfred
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : the Fairy Queen (Bott, Thomas, Schopper u.a., The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Ton Koopman) (Erato, 2 CDs)
Stereoplay N7:141 Jul 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

West, W.D.
In review Festival round-up
Opera News 60:54-5 Nov 1995
       illustr.
       Note: Boston Early Music Festival

Number of People : 1


 1995

Long, R.
Classical recordings Purcell : Ten Sonata's [sic] in Four Parts (The Locke Consort) (Channel Classics CD)
Audio 79:74 Aug 1995
       il port

Number of People : 1


 1995

Kennicott, P.
A dream of Purcell
Opera News 60:16+ Nov 1995
       port

Number of People : 1


 1995

Porter, Andrew
Venus and Adonis and Dido and Aeneas; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, March 8
Opera (England) 46:606-7 May 1995
       notes

Number of People : 1


 1995

Mezger, Manfred
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : the Fairy Queen (Hunt, Pierard, Bickley, Crook, Padmore, Wilson-Johnson, Wistreich; Schutz Choir of London, London Classical Players, Roger Norrington) (EMI, 2 CDs)
Stereoplay N4:139 Apr 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Valkestijn, J.
1695 Henry Purcell 1995 (I)
Gregoriusblad 119:163-6 N3 1995
       biog port

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 1995

Milnes, Rodney
William Christie
Opera (England) 46:148-53 Feb 1995
       illustr.

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 1995

Kasow, J.
Ambronay and Versailles
Opera (England) 46:1428-9 Dec 1995
       illustr.
       Note: Dido and Aeneas

Number of People : 1


 1995

Campbell, M.
Reports London, October-December (1994) : Henry Purcell (concerts)
Consort: 51:52-3 N1 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Waleson, H.
Harmonia Mundi, Hyperion, others toast Purcell's 300th
Billboard 107:1+ Feb 18 1995
       biog port

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 1995

Charteris, Richard
A checklist of the manuscript sources of Henry Purcell's music in the University of California, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles
Notes 52:407-21 N2 1995
       notes

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 1995

Kunze, Horst
Orpheus Britannicus : CD-Veroffentlichungen zum 300. Todestag von Henry Purcell
Neue Musikzeitung 44:17 Dec-Jan 1995-1996
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Rohde, G.
Britanniens Wurde, ein Gesamtkunstwerk
Opernwelt N4:43 Apr 1995
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Number of People : 1


 1995

Kuhn, Georg-Friedrich
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : Harmonia Sacra (Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh) (DGA)
Stereoplay N10:157 Oct 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Spaeth, H.
Alehouse-Barock : 'Purcell '95' in Koln
Concerto 12:13-14 Oct 1995
       illustr.
       Note: 16.-22.9.95

Number of People : 1


 1995

King Arthur ou l'opera qui n'existe pas.
Diapason (France) N412:42-3 Feb 1995
       il port

Number of People : 1


 1995

Jenkins, L.
[Editorial (review of Vick/Christie/Brown production of Purcell's King Arthur)]
Early Music Today 3:3 Jun-Jul 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Bolin, Norbert
Schallplatten Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas/The Gordian Knot Unty'd (L. Hunt, L. Saffer, D. Deam, C. Brandes, R. Rainero (Sopran), E. Rabiner (Mezzo-sopran), P. Elliott (Tenor), M. Dean (Bass), The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Ltg. N. McGegan) (Harmonia mundi France CD)
Concerto 12:32 Mar 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Classical music reviews Purcell : Dido and Aeneas (Bott, Kirkby, Ainsley, others; Chorus and Academy of Ancient Music, Hogwood) (L'Oiseau-Lyre)
Stereo Review 60:112+ Sep 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Fairman, Richard
Opera on disc
Opera (England) 46:244-6 Feb 1995

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 1995

Williamson, R.
"Nothing of skill wanting there"
Choir & Organ 3:16-20+ N5 1995
       il notes

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 1995

Walkling, A.R.
Political allegory in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
Music & Letters 76:540-71 N4 1995
       notes

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 1995

Mellers, Wilfred Howard
Choral CDs Henry Purcell : Music for Queen Mary (Kirkby, Tubb, Chance, Bostridge, Richardson, Birchall/Westminster Abbey Choir/New London Consort/Martin Neary) (Sony Classical)
Choir & Organ 3:58+ N5 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Field, C.D.
Recordings Purcell: Songs of Welcome and Farewell (Tragicomedia) (Teldec)
Consort: 51:160-61 N2 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Jenkins, L.
Something old, something new
Early Music Today 3:18-19+ Feb-Mar 1995
       illustr.
       Note: Fretwork commissions new works for viol consort

Number of People : 1


 1995

Schneider, K.
Darstellende Instrumentalmusik; Hilfen fur die themenbezogene Programmgestaltung (8) 1995; Gedenkjahr fur Henry Purcell und Paul Hindemith
Orchester, Das 43:29-31 N11 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Mauro, H.
Zu Tranen geruhrt
Oper und Konzert 33:55-6 N2 1995
       discog il

Number of People : 1


 1995

Lorber, Richard
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : Ayres for the Theatre Dioclesian, King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, The Indian Queen (Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon) (Sony Classical)
Stereoplay N9:169 Sep 1995
       port

Number of People : 1


 1995

Funeral Sentences with March and Canzona for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Ed. by C. Hogwood.
Early Music 23:705-8 N4 1995
       Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press. u3.95

Number of People : 1


 1995

Performances Wellington
Music in New Zealand N31:51-5 Summer 1995-1996
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


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