Today in Music (March 7) - Henry Purcell's Birth Anniversary
1659 Henry Purcell (English Baroque Composer)
The melody in Purcell's Rondo is also used in a variety of compositions - most notably by Benjamin Britten in his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, where it is treated in a Theme and Variations form.
He is known for Opera, Dido and Aeneas and Fairy Queen being masterpieces of the genre - and this aria When I am laid in earth, is chilling and heartbreaking.
Fairy Queen - If Love's a Sweet Passion
Ode to St. Cecilia
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Clockwork Orange (Moog synthsizer version)
Click to viewThe melody in Purcell's Rondo is also used in a variety of compositions - most notably by Benjamin Britten in his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, where it is treated in a Theme and Variations form.
He is known for Opera, Dido and Aeneas and Fairy Queen being masterpieces of the genre - and this aria When I am laid in earth, is chilling and heartbreaking.
Fairy Queen - If Love's a Sweet Passion
Ode to St. Cecilia
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Clockwork Orange (Moog synthsizer version)