Henry Purcell
Subtitle: The Origins and Development of his Musical Style
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 2, 2009
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780521106917
Subjects: Arts & Photography -- Performing Arts -- Theater; Arts & Photography -- Schools, Periods & Styles -- Baroque; Biographies & Memoirs -- Arts & Literature -- Composers & Musicians; Entertainment -- Music -- Musical Genres -- Opera
First sentence: The little evidence that survives suggests that Henry Purcell, arguably Britain's greatest composer, was born in 1659, probably in Westminster, then a more or less separate city some three miles west of London.