Few other composers can boast the originality or the range which Henry <strong>Purcell</strong>displayed from sacred music to airs to tavern songs and the firs... » 

Few other composers can boast the originality or the range which Henry Purcelldisplayed from sacred music to airs to tavern songs and the first greatEnglish opera Dido and A neas. This book present Purcells life and career. Italso provides appendices on Purcells family the organists choirmasters andcopyists of Westminster Abbey. «