Daniel Purcell
Composer
1664 – 1717
Who was Daniel Purcell?
Daniel Purcell was an English Baroque composer, the younger brother or cousin of Henry Purcell.
Like Henry Purcell before him, Daniel Purcell joined the choir of the Chapel Royal at about the age of 14. In his mid-twenties he was appointed organist of Magdalen College, Oxford where he began to compose. In 1695 he moved to London to compose for the theatre providing incidental music for more than 40 plays. One of his first engagements was to complete the concluding Masque for Act V of the semi-opera The Indian Queen, the preceding music for which had been written by Henry Purcell during the early months of 1695. It is unclear if Daniel Purcell had been engaged because of pressure to complete the score in time for the first performance or as a result of Henry Purcell's failing health and subsequent death. The performance history of the piece is uncertain, and the first performance may have gone ahead without Daniel Purcell's contribution.
In 1701, he came third in a competition for the best musical setting of William Congreve's masque, The Judgement of Paris.
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- Born
- 1664
London - Also known as
- Purcell, Daniel
- Siblings
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Died
- Nov 26, 1717
London
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on July 23, 2013
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