Pictures of
Henry Purcell

English composer and organist
(1659-95)


The best-known Purcell music includes the opera Dido and Aeneas; the masque The Fairy Queen (incidental music for a version of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream); and more than 100 songs including Sound the Trumpet (the famous birthday ode for King James II).




Henry Purcell




Note: This picture gallery page includes drawings, paintings, photos and images of Henry Purcell, his music, activities, friends and family, and the various places where the composer lived and wrote.