HENRY PURCELL
Aug 31, 2018 · 5 min read

In the second half of the seventeenth century, the dominant figure in English music was Henry Purcell. Composer in Ordinary to the Chapel Royal, and its organist, he wrote extensively for the church and the court, for the theatre, for chamber ensembles, and for solo voice with keyboard accompaniment; he also wrote a number of bawdy catches, exhibiting a fondness for dirty jokes by no means rare among church musicians.

