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Henry Purcell (/ ˈ p ɜːr s əl /, rare: / p ər ˈ s ɛ l /; [n 1] c. 10 September 1659 [n 2] – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, Dido and Aeneas; and his incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream called The Fairy Queen.
The funeral of Queen Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) in Westminster Abbey was not until 5 March 1695. Purcell composed a setting of the sixth of the seven sentences of the Anglican Burial Service ("Thou Knowest Lord", Z. 58C) for the occasion, together with the March and Canzona, Z. 780. [1]
Honouring individuals buried in Westminster Abbey has a long tradition. Over 3,300 people are buried or commemorated in the abbey. [1] For much of the abbey's history, most of the people buried there besides monarchs were people with a connection to the church – either ordinary locals or the monks of the abbey itself, who were generally buried without surviving markers. [2]
Name Death Occupation Final known burial place Images Notes Claudio Abbado: 2014 Conductor Reformierte Kirche Fex Crasta [], Sils im Engadin/Segl, Switzerland: Ten months after his death the urn containing his remains was buried in a cemetery belonging to a 15th-century church in Sils-Maria, a village in the Swiss canton of Graubünden where Abbado had a vacation home.
An additional detached burial ground was added in 1625 at what is now Christchurch Gardens. ... Edward Purcell, son of Henry Purcell, 1726–1740; James Butler 1740 ...
Purcell may have first set "Thou knowest" in 1672, perhaps to complete sentences by Henry Cooke for Cooke's funeral. [5] It is a polyphonic setting. [6] Purcell's autograph is extant and kept at the British Library. [5] It is among the earliest manuscripts in his hand, showing some features of youthful writing. [5]
Edward Purcell (1689–1740) was an English organist and composer. Purcell was born in Westminster , London , the only surviving son of English Baroque master Henry Purcell , who died in 1695 when Edward was a small child.
Purcell's "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary" consists of three pieces: a March and Canzona, plus a setting of the sixth sentence of the Burial Service ("Thou knowest Lord"). Purcell didn't write an anthem for the funeral: "In the midst", which is called "anthem" on IMSLP, is actually Purcell's setting of the fifth sentence of the Burial Service.