Title: England
Content:  Old Duke of York, Hey Diddle Diddle and Humpty Dumpty. Traditional English Christmas carols include "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "The First Noel", “I Saw Three Ships” and "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen". Early English composers in classical music include Renaissance artists Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, followed up by Henry Purcell from the Baroque period. German-born George Frideric Handel spent most of his composing life in London and became a national icon in Britain, creating some of the most well-known works of classical music, especially his English oratorios, The Messiah, Solomon, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks. One of his four Coronation 
Title: England
Content:  in the 20th century led by Edward Elgar, Benjamin Britten, Frederick Delius, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams and others. Present-day composers from England include Michael Nyman, best known for The Piano, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, whose musicals have achieved enormous success in the West End and worldwide. In popular music, many English bands and solo artists have been cited as the most influential and best-selling musicians of all time. Acts such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Queen, Rod Stewart, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and Def Leppard are among the highest-selling recording artists in the world. Many musical genres have origins in 
Title: Henry Purcell
Content:  Henry Purcell (c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer. Although it incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements, Purcell's was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers; no later native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, William Walton and Benjamin Britten in the 20th century.
Title: List of English people
Content:  composer ; Lita Ford ; Chris Foreman (born 1956), musician, singer-songwriter and composer, guitarist for Madness ; George Formby (born 1906), wartime entertainer, famous for his playing of the Banjolele and contribution to film ; Peter Gabriel (born 1950), singer-songwriter and former lead vocalist with Genesis ; Noel Gallagher (born 1967), singer-songwriter ; Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625), composer ; David Gilmour (born 1946), guitarist, singer and composer of Pink Floyd ; Ron Goodwin (1925–2003), composer and conductor ; Debbie Googe (born 1962), bassist of My Bloody Valentine ; Ellie Goulding (born 1986), singer-songwriter, musician ; Bella Hardy folk musician, singer-songwriter ; Dhani Harrison (born 1978), guitarist, son 
Title: Chronological list of English classical composers
Content:  1939) • Jonathan Harvey (1939–2012) • John McCabe (1939–2015) • Patric Standford (1939–2014) • Geoffrey Burgon (1941–2010) • Derek Bourgeois (1941–2017) • Timothy Salter (born 1942) • Gavin Bryars (born 1943) • Edward Cowie (born 1943) • Frank Denyer (born 1943) • Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943) • Robin Holloway (born 1943) • Bill Hopkins (1943–1981) • David Matthews (born 1943) • Michael Nyman (born 1944) • John Tavener (1944–2013) Contemporary• John Rutter (born 1945) • Michael Finnissy (born 1946) • Colin Matthews (born 1946) • Giles Swayne (born 1946) • Paul Patterson (born 1947) • Hugh Shrapnel (born 1947) • Howard Skempton (born 1947) • Michael Berkeley 
Title: Music of the United Kingdom
Content:  and sensibilities within the countries of the United Kingdom towards the end of the nineteenth century, producing many composers and musicians of note and drawing on the folk tradition. These traditions, including the cultural strands drawn from the United Kingdom's constituent nations and provinces, continued to evolve in distinctive ways through the work of such composers as Arthur Sullivan, Gustav Holst, Edward Elgar, Hubert Parry, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Michael Tippett and Peter Maxwell Davies. Notable living English classical composers include Harrison Birtwistle, Michael Nyman, James MacMillan, Jeremy Peyton Jones, Gavin Bryars, Andrew Poppy, Judith Weir, Sally Beamish and Anna Meredith.
Title: Chronological list of English classical composers
Content:  This is a chronological list of classical music composers living or working in England or originating from there. Entries are alphabetical within each year.
Title: English art song
Content:  Still (1910–1971), composed about 20 songs, setting texts by a variety of famous poets ; Geoffrey Bush (1920–1998), song settings from Shakespeare to contemporary poetry ; Madeleine Dring (1923–1977), over 60 songs, eclectic music style ; Trevor Hold (1939-2004), a series of song cycles, many setting his own texts The great success of European Romantic composers encouraged a "Renaissance" of English music, especially vocal music. Interest in British folk music was expanded through the work of Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams and others; it gradually becomes incorporated into British "classical" music. The highest point of the English musical "Renaissance" began around 1900, and many great art songs were composed in England 
Title: United Kingdom
Content:  conductors include Sir Simon Rattle, Sir John Barbirolli and Sir Malcolm Sargent. Some of the notable film score composers include John Barry, Clint Mansell, Mike Oldfield, John Powell, Craig Armstrong, David Arnold, John Murphy, Monty Norman and Harry Gregson-Williams. George Frideric Handel became a naturalised British citizen and wrote the British coronation anthem, while some of his best works, such as Messiah, were written in the English language. Andrew Lloyd Webber is a prolific composer of musical theatre. His works have dominated London's West End since the late 20th century and have also been a commercial success worldwide. According to the website of 
Title: Opera in English
Content:  Bennett (e.g. The Mines of Sulphur), Harrison Birtwistle (Punch and Judy), Peter Maxwell Davies (Taverner) and Oliver Knussen (Where the Wild Things Are). Today composers such as Thomas Adès continue to export English opera abroad. Also in the 20th century, American composers like George Gershwin (Porgy and Bess), Scott Joplin (Treemonisha), Gian Carlo Menotti, Leonard Bernstein (Candide), and Carlisle Floyd began to contribute English-language operas, frequently infused with touches of popular musical styles. They were followed by Philip Glass (Einstein on the Beach), Mark Adamo, John Adams (Nixon in China), and Jake Heggie. Moreover, non-native-English speaking composers have occasionally set English libretti (e.g. Kurt Weill, Street Scene; Igor Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress; Hans Werner Henze, We Come to the River; Tan Dun, The First Emperor).

Question: Who was the composer of English?
Answer: Rex Vijayan.