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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Composer of the Week: Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Episode 2: Equal with the Best Abroad

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Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

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Episode 2: Equal with the Best Abroad

Equal with the Best Abroad

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Equal with the Best Abroad

Donald Macleod on the theatre music Purcell wrote under the regime of William and Mary.

Donald Macleod focuses on the theatre music Purcell wrote under a new regime - of William and Mary.

In the last five years of his life Purcell was to contribute music to around 50 stage productions. The reign of William and Mary brought about a scaling back of court music, so the composer turned to the theatre as a source of income. He became a more public figure in the process, and began to work with playwrights such as John Dryden, chief poet of the Restoration. With Donald Macleod.

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Donald Macleod explores Henry Purcell's music for the theatre

Donald Macleod explores Henry Purcell's music for the theatre, from songs he wrote for plays in the 1680s to the semi-opera The Indian Queen, which he did not live to complete

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