Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 10, 1659
Died
November 21, 1695 (36 years old)
Place of Birth
Westminster, London, England
Henry Purcell
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.
