Henry Purcell
English composer (1659–1695)
7 dated entries naming Henry Purcell, drawn from 6 separate years between 1659 CE and 1695 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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17th century
- 1659September 10 – Henry Purcell, English composer (d. 1695)source
- 1677September 10 – Henry Purcell is appointed a musician to the court of Charles II of England.source
- 1689The first documented performance of the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell takes place at Josias Priest's girls' school in Chelsea, London, with a libretto based on Virgil's Aeneid.source
- 1691June – The first performance takes place of the semi-opera King Arthur with a libretto by John Dryden and music by Henry Purcell.source
- 1692May 2 – The first performance of the semi-opera The Fairy-Queen by Henry Purcell, based on William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, takes place at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden in London.source
- 1695March 5 – The funeral of Queen Mary II of England takes place, accompanied by music written for the occasion by Henry Purcell.source
- 1695November 21 – Henry Purcell, English composer (b. 1659)source
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