Henry Purcell (pronounced /ˈpɜrsəl/; 10 September 1659 (?) – 21
November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of
secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian
and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy
was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. Early life and
career Purcell was born in St Ann's Lane, Old Pye Street,
Westminster. Henry Purcell Senior was a gentleman of the Chapel
Royal, and sang at the coronation of King Charles II of England.
His older brother Thomas Purcell (d. 1682) was also a musician.
Henry the elder had three sons, Edward, Henry and Daniel. Daniel
Purcell (d. 1717), the youngest of the brothers, was also a
prolific composer who wrote the music for much of the final act
of The Indian Queen after Henry Purcell's death. Henry Purcell's
family lived just a few hundred yards west of Westminster Abbey
in year 1659 and onward. After his father's death in 1664,
Purcell was placed under the guardianship of his uncle, who
showed him great af