William Croft's 1724 setting for the Burial Service was written in the style of "the great Master".
This work was annually performed at St Paul's Cathedral until 1712, after which it was performed alternately with Handel's Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate until 1743, when both works were replaced by Handel's Dettingen Te Deum. He composed an anthem and two elegies for Queen Mary II's funeral, his Funeral Sentences and Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary.
Edward was appointed organist of St Clement's, Eastcheap, London, in 1711 and was succeeded by his son Edward Henry Purcell (died 1765).
In Victoria Street, Westminster, England, there is a bronze monument to Purcell, sculpted by Glynn Williams and unveiled in 1995 to mark the three hundredth anniversary of his death. Purcell's works have been catalogued by Franklin Zimmerman, who gave them a number preceded by Z. A Purcell Club was founded in London in 1836 for promoting the performance of his music but was dissolved in 1863.
It is believed to have been extensively copied, but only one song was printed by Purcell's widow in Orpheus Britannicus, and the complete work remained in manuscript until 1840 when it was printed by the Musical Antiquarian Society under the editorship of Sir George Macfarren.
In Victoria Street, Westminster, England, there is a bronze monument to Purcell, sculpted by Glynn Williams and unveiled in 1995 to mark the three hundredth anniversary of his death. Purcell's works have been catalogued by Franklin Zimmerman, who gave them a number preceded by Z. A Purcell Club was founded in London in 1836 for promoting the performance of his music but was dissolved in 1863.
In 1876 a Purcell Society was founded, which published new editions of his works.
In 1692, he composed The Fairy-Queen (an adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream), the score of which (his longest for theatre) was rediscovered in 1901 and published by the Purcell Society.
Foundations of English Opera, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1928. Duffy, Maureen, Henry Purcell, Fourth Estate Ltd, London, 1994. Herissone, Rebecca (ed.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell, Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2012 Holman, Peter and Robert Thompson.
In a 1940 interview Ignaz Friedman stated that he considered Purcell as great as Bach and Beethoven.
The 2012 film Moonrise Kingdom contains Benjamin Britten's version of the Rondeau in Purcell's Abdelazar created for his 1946 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
Henry Purcell 1659–1695: Essays on His Music, Oxford University Press, London, 1959. Keates, Jonathan, Purcell, Chatto & Windus, London, 1995 King, Robert, Henry Purcell, Thames & Hudson, London, 1994 Moore, R.
E., Henry Purcell and the Restoration Theatre, Greenwood Press, Westport CT, 1961. Muller, Julia, Words and Music in Henry Purcell's First Semi-Opera, Dioclesian, Edwin Mellen Press, New York, 1990. Orrey, Leslie and Rodney Milnes, Opera: A Concise History, World of Art, Thames & Hudson.
The so-called Purcell's Trumpet Voluntary was in fact written around 1700 by a British composer named Jeremiah Clarke as the Prince of Denmark's March. ==In popular culture== Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary was reworked by Wendy Carlos for the title music of the 1971 film by Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange.
. Price, Curtis A., Henry Purcell and the London Stage, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1984. Shay, Robert, and Robert Thompson, Purcell Manuscripts: The Principal Musical Sources, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. Westrup, Jack A., Purcell, Dent & Sons, London 1980 Zimmerman, Franklin B., Henry Purcell, 1659–1695, His Life and Times, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia PA, 1983 ==External links== Purcell by John F.
. Price, Curtis A., Henry Purcell and the London Stage, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1984. Shay, Robert, and Robert Thompson, Purcell Manuscripts: The Principal Musical Sources, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. Westrup, Jack A., Purcell, Dent & Sons, London 1980 Zimmerman, Franklin B., Henry Purcell, 1659–1695, His Life and Times, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia PA, 1983 ==External links== Purcell by John F.
. Price, Curtis A., Henry Purcell and the London Stage, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1984. Shay, Robert, and Robert Thompson, Purcell Manuscripts: The Principal Musical Sources, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. Westrup, Jack A., Purcell, Dent & Sons, London 1980 Zimmerman, Franklin B., Henry Purcell, 1659–1695, His Life and Times, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia PA, 1983 ==External links== Purcell by John F.
E., Henry Purcell and the Restoration Theatre, Greenwood Press, Westport CT, 1961. Muller, Julia, Words and Music in Henry Purcell's First Semi-Opera, Dioclesian, Edwin Mellen Press, New York, 1990. Orrey, Leslie and Rodney Milnes, Opera: A Concise History, World of Art, Thames & Hudson.
The Purcell Companion, Faber and Faber, London, 1994. Burden, Michael, Purcell Remembered, Faber and Faber, London, 1995. Burden, Michael, ed.
Foundations of English Opera, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1928. Duffy, Maureen, Henry Purcell, Fourth Estate Ltd, London, 1994. Herissone, Rebecca (ed.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell, Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2012 Holman, Peter and Robert Thompson.
Macy (accessed 17 March 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access). Holman, Peter, Henry Purcell, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994. Holst, Imogen, ed.
Henry Purcell 1659–1695: Essays on His Music, Oxford University Press, London, 1959. Keates, Jonathan, Purcell, Chatto & Windus, London, 1995 King, Robert, Henry Purcell, Thames & Hudson, London, 1994 Moore, R.
In Victoria Street, Westminster, England, there is a bronze monument to Purcell, sculpted by Glynn Williams and unveiled in 1995 to mark the three hundredth anniversary of his death. Purcell's works have been catalogued by Franklin Zimmerman, who gave them a number preceded by Z. A Purcell Club was founded in London in 1836 for promoting the performance of his music but was dissolved in 1863.
Olivia Chaney performs her adaptation of "There's Not a Swain" on her CD "The Longest River." The 1995 film, England, My England tells the story of an actor who is himself writing a play about Purcell's life and music, and features many of his compositions. "What Power Art Thou" (from King Arthur, or The British Worthy (Z.
The Purcell Companion, Faber and Faber, London, 1994. Burden, Michael, Purcell Remembered, Faber and Faber, London, 1995. Burden, Michael, ed.
Henry Purcell 1659–1695: Essays on His Music, Oxford University Press, London, 1959. Keates, Jonathan, Purcell, Chatto & Windus, London, 1995 King, Robert, Henry Purcell, Thames & Hudson, London, 1994 Moore, R.
Performing the Music of Henry Purcell, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1996. Burden, Michael, ed.
Henry Purcell's Operas; The Complete Texts, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000. Dent, Edward J.
. Price, Curtis A., Henry Purcell and the London Stage, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1984. Shay, Robert, and Robert Thompson, Purcell Manuscripts: The Principal Musical Sources, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. Westrup, Jack A., Purcell, Dent & Sons, London 1980 Zimmerman, Franklin B., Henry Purcell, 1659–1695, His Life and Times, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia PA, 1983 ==External links== Purcell by John F.
In the German-language 2004 movie, Downfall, the music of Dido's Lament is used repeatedly as the end of the Third Reich culminates.
Kramer, with a soundtrack on CBS Masterworks Records. In the 21st century, the soundtrack of the 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice features a dance titled "A Postcard to Henry Purcell".
Macy (accessed 17 March 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access). Holman, Peter, Henry Purcell, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994. Holst, Imogen, ed.
The 2012 film Moonrise Kingdom contains Benjamin Britten's version of the Rondeau in Purcell's Abdelazar created for his 1946 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
Foundations of English Opera, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1928. Duffy, Maureen, Henry Purcell, Fourth Estate Ltd, London, 1994. Herissone, Rebecca (ed.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell, Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2012 Holman, Peter and Robert Thompson.
In 2013, the Pet Shop Boys released their single "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" incorporating one of the same ground basses from King Arthur used by Nyman in his Draughtsman's Contract score.
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