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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 |
| died: 21 Nov 1695 |
Westminster, London, England |
Source: 1 |
| active in church: 1679-1695 |
London, England |
Source: 1 |
Hancock, W.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : the Fantazias & In Nomines (Fretwork) (Virgin Veritas CD)
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.
Hagestedt, Jens
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell, John Blow : Voluntaries, Suites und Grounds (Gustav Leonhardt) (Philips)
Stereoplay N1:169 Jan 1996
Bond, Ann
Organ CDs Purcell and Blow: Voluntaries, Suites and Grounds (G. Leonhardt, harpsichord and organ) (Philips)
Choir & Organ 4:66 N1 1996
Hamilton, J.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : Harmonia Sacra & Complete Organ Works (Jill Feldman, soprano, Davitt Moroney, harpsichord) (Arcana CD)
Freeman-Attwood, J.
Purcell in profusion
Gramophone 73:23-4 Jan 1996
Theme et variations : Annee Purcell
Diapason (France) N422:64 Jan 1996
il port
Graeme, R.
So fair the game, so rich the sport : Dido and Aeneas on record
Opera Quarterly: 13:55-70 N1 1996
notes
Funeral Sentences. Ed. by C. Hogwood.
Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press. u3.95
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
Kogler, Horst
Shakespeares Zettelkasten
Opernwelt N9:45-6 Sep 1996
A Purcell Anthology. Ed. by B. Wood.
Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press. u7.95
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.
Jenkins, L.
[Review of film England, My England]
Early Music Today 4:3 N1 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
illustr.
Davis, A.
Purcell and the recorder
Recorder Magazine: 16:9-15 N1 1996
chart mus notes
Note: includes list of works
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
illustr.
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
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.
Graeme, R.
So fair the game, so rich the sport : Dido and Aeneas on record
Opera Quarterly: 13:55-70 N1 1996
discog notes
Reviews
Musical Opinion 119:8 Sup Feb 1996
Note: English Baroque Choir and Players' and Opus 20's tercentenary concerts
Wickham, E.
The Arcadians
Early Music Today 4:9+ N2 1996
illustr.
Note: Dartington's early music summer school
Boehmer, Konrad
Ein diskographischer Ruckblick aufs Purcell-Jahr
Concerto 13:38-40 Feb 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
Hamilton, J.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : Harmonia Sacra & Complete Organ Works (Jill Feldman, soprano, Davitt Moroney, harpsichord) (Arcana CD)
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
illustr.
Segerman, E.
A re-examination of the evidence on absolute tempo before 1700 : I
Early Music 24:240+ N2 1996
facs il mus notes
Ein fast vergessenes Genie
Zum 300. Todestag von Henry Purcell
Oper und Konzert 33:30-31 N1 1996
facs mus port
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)
Porter, Andrew
British opera diary
Opera (England) 47:109-11 Jan 1996
illustr.
Note: Behind the Masque
Legany, Dezso
Gondolatok Purcellrol
Magyar Zene 36:72-5 N1 1996
Hefling, Stephen E.
Marvin, B.
Q & A
American Recorder 37:38-9 N4 1996
mus
Note: overdotting in Purcell
Note: medieval recorders
Laurie, Margaret
Books for the Purcell tercentenary
Campbell, M.
Reports London, November 1995: Purcell Tercentenary
Consort: 52:40-42 N1 1996
Burden, M.
Reports Purcell and Elgar
Early Music 24:180-82 N1 1996
facs mus
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
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
Hancock, W.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : Fantasias for the Viols (Hesperion XX) (Astree Auvidis CD)
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
Practica musicae : Mad songs and Englishmen
Journal of Singing 52:53-8 N3 1996
bibliog
Note: Purcell's mad scenes and songs
A Purcell Anthology : 12 Anthems
Ed. by B. Wood.
Music & Letters 77:313-14 N2 1996
Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1995. u7.95
Tassel, E. van
Purcell's sacred music on record : II
Early Music 24:79-92 N1 1996
discog il notes
Hamilton, J.
Reviews / recordings Purcell, Blow, Locke : Organ Works (John Butt) (Harmonia Mundi France CD)
Mills, R.
Why Purcell was great
Classic Cd N57:30-33 Jan 1995
biog il port p5 port
Godwin, S.
Recordings Purcell : the Secular Solo Songs, 3 Vols. (The King's Consort) (Hyperion, 3 CDs)
Long, R.
Classical recordings Purcell : Dido and Aeneas (Les Arts Florissants, William Christie) (Erato CD)
il port
Pleasants, V.
Purcell manuscript acquired by British Library
Diapason: (US) 86:6 Jun 1995
facs mus
Oliver, Michael
Composing by halves
Classic Cd N57:36-7 Jan 1995
illustr.
Timberlake, C.
Practica musicae : Orpheus britannicus : Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Journal of Singing 52:43-6 N1 1995
Lorber, Richard
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : Anthems & Hymns (David Cordier, John Elwes, Peter Kooy, Harry von der Kamp, Tolzer Knabenchor, Period Instrumental Ensemble, Gustav Leonhardt) (Sony)
Stereoplay N10:157 Oct 1995
illustr.
Holman, Peter
Purcell's orchestra
Musical Times, 137:17-23 Jan 1995
mus notes
Opera
Musical Opinion 118:114 Summer 1995
Note: Royal Opera
Kuhn, Georg-Friedrich
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : Harmonia Sacra (Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh) (DGA)
Stereoplay N10:157 Oct 1995
illustr.
Wood, B.
Pinnock, A.
['Unscarred by turning times'? The dating of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. B. Wood and A. Pinnock]
['The dating of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas'? A Reply to Bruce Wood and Andrew Pinnock. A.R. Walkling] Correspondence.
Early Music 23:188-9 N1 1995
Schulz, T.
Schallplatten Henry Purcell : 15 Fantasien fur Gambenconsort (La Gamba Freiburg, Ltg. Ekkehard Weber; Gerhard Gnann, Positiv) (Ars Musici CD)
Concerto 12:36-8 Jun 1995
Wood, B.
Music reviews
Early Music 23:705-8 N4 1995
Note: Purcell anthems published for the Church Music Society
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
Reviews / recordings Henry Purcell: the Indian Queen (Purcell Symfony, Catherine Mackintosh, dir.) (Linn CD)
Recorder Magazine: 15:97 N3 1995
Spink, Ian
Restoration cathedral music 1660-1714
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995, 487 p.
Beaujean, Alfred
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell: Songs of Welcome and Farewell (Le Blanc, Borden, Dugardin, Nasrawi, van der Kamp, Grant, Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs/Erin Headley) (Teldec)
Stereoplay N6:129 Jun 1995
illustr.
Price, C.
Newly discovered autograph keyboard music of Purcell and Draghi
Journal of the Royal Musical Association: 120:77+ N1 1995
facs mus notes table
Banks, C.
British Library Ms.Mus.1..
A recently discovered manuscript of keyboard music by Henry Purcell and Giovanni Battista Draghi
app facs mus notes
Burgess, G.
Choral CDs Henry Purcell : Anthems and Hymns (Tolzer Knabenchor/Period Instrument Ensemble/Soloists/Gustav Leonhardt) (Vivarte)
Choir & Organ 3:62 N5 1995
Pinnock, A.
Fairest Isle (TM) : land of the scholar-kings
Early Music 23:651-2+ N4 1995
il notes port
Waleson, H.
Classical/keeping score
Billboard 107:42 Jul 1 1995
Note: more 300th anniversary commemorative recordings
Evans, N.
After Purcell : a ditched composer
Classic Cd N57:43 Jan 1995
illustr.
Kerner, Leighton
Music Not of the Round Table
Village Voice: 40:72 May 2 1995
Note: Les Arts Florissants
Snellings, Dirk
Funeral Music, Henry Purcell
facs mus
includes summary in English and French
Jenkins, L.
Something old, something new
Early Music Today 3:18-19+ Feb-Mar 1995
illustr.
Note: Fretwork commissions new works for viol consort
Blyth, Alan
Larmige Show
Opernwelt N12:48-9 Dec 1995
illustr.
Pike, Lionel
CDs Henry Purcell : the Complete Anthems and Services, Vols 10 and 11 (Mark Kennedy, Eamonn O'Dwyer, Susan Gritton, James Bowman, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Mark Padmore, Michael George, The Choir of the King's Consort, The King's Consort/Robert King) (Hyperion)
Choir & Organ 3:55-6 N4 1995
Quarter notes : Department of Wahoo! Hooray!
Early Music America 1:47 N2 1995
Note: R. Duffin's parody of Purcell's Come Ye Sons of Art with Cleveland baseball players' names inserted
Classical music reviews Purcell : Dido and Aeneas (Gens, Martin-Degor, Berg, others; Les Arts Florissants, Christie) (Erato)
Stereo Review 60:112+ Sep 1995
Burden, M.
'Gallimaufry' at Covent Garden : Purcell's The Fairy-Queen in 1946
Early Music 23:268-84 N2 1995
facs il mus notes table
Opera
Musical Opinion 118:114 Summer 1995
Note: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Valkestijn, J.
1695 Henry Purcell 1995 (II)
Gregoriusblad 119:230+ N4 1995
mus port
Hugli, Pierre
Henry Purcell : musicien de la fragilite
Revue Musicale de Suisse Romande N4:28-34 Dec 1995
biog port
Three Odes for St. Cecilia's Day
Ed. by B. Wood. (London, Novello (Presser), 1990. $75.50)
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
Elley, Derek
Film reviews England, My England
Variety 361:49 Nov 20 1995
Freeman-Attwood, J.
Collection Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
Gramophone 72:28+ Mar 1995
discog port
Paris Opera : Donjons et chateaux sous le regne d'Arthur
Diapason (France) N414:16 Apr 1995
illustr.
Kasow, J.
Ambronay and Versailles
Opera (England) 46:1428-9 Dec 1995
illustr.
Note: Dido and Aeneas
Campbell, M.
Reports London, October-December (1994) : Henry Purcell (concerts)
Talbot, J.
Review / CDs Elgar : Cello Concerto
Vaughan Williams : In the Fen Country
Purcell : Suite from "Abdelazar"
Britten : Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Z. Nelsova (cello); BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, C. Groves (cond.), M. Sargent (cond.)) (BBC Radio Classics)
Performances Wellington
Music in New Zealand N31:51-5 Summer 1995-1996
illustr.
Gebhardt, Thomas
Schallplatten Henry Purcell : O Solitude; Songs and Airs (Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nigel North (Erzlaute, Barockgit.), Richard Boothby (Vdg.), Paul Nicholson (Cemb., Org.)) (Virgin Veritas CD)
Concerto 12:44-5 Apr 1995
illustr.
Mellers, Wilfred Howard
A Purcellian church : 2
Choir & Organ 3:12-15 N5 1995
mus
Trezise, S.
A guide to Gardiner's Purcell
Classic Cd N57:40-41 Jan 1995
discog
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.
L'homme qui a donne sa jeunesse a Purcell
Diapason (France) N412:41-2 Feb 1995
Note: Robert King
Boalch, Donald H.
Mould, Charles
Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord 1440-1840
Third edition edited by Charles Mould
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995, 788 p.
Schwarte, Michael
Schallplatten Henry Purcell: With Charming Notes (Christine Brandes (Sopr.), Arcadian Academy, Ltg. Nicholas McGegan) (Harmonia mundi France CD)
Concerto 12:48-9 Jul-Aug 1995
Crankshaw, Geoffrey
Reviews Purcell : Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind; the Complete Funeral Music for Queen Mary; Funeral Sentences; Two Elegies on the Death of Queen Mary; Two Latin Motets (The Sixteen, Orchestra of the Sixteen, H. Christophers, conductor) (Collins Classics CD)
Musical Opinion 118:~~ Sup May 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
Beaujean, Alfred
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : the Echoing Air (Sylvia McNair, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood) (Philips)
Stereoplay N12:177 Dec 1995
Picard, A.
Purcell's King
Classic Cd N63:51 Jul 1995
illustr.
Reviews
Musical Opinion 118:6 Sup Apr 1995
Note: Wigmore Hall
Alexandre, I.A.
Tricentenaire : Henry Purcell 1659-1695 : King Henry
Diapason (France) N412:38-41 Feb 1995
il port port p3
Jones, E.R.
The Victorian revival of Purcell's music : publications and publishers
Choral Journal 36:19-23 N1 1995
notes port
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