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Purcell, Henry, (c1659-1695), composer

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Surname: Purcell
Forenames: Henry
Gender: Male
Date: c1659-1695
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P130851 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P23619 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
musical MSS
Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum
See Handbook 1952
2
c1600-1900: songs and instrumental pieces
British Library, Music Collections
Egerton MS 2956-60, 2969, 3767
3
MS songs and odes
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Mus c 28
4
MSS
Royal Academy of Music Library
See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
5
1701-1799: Musical mss
British Library, Music Collections
Add MS 29386, 29397
6
1801-1899: Musical mss
British Library, Music Collections
Add MS 30273
7
1601-1700: copies of 'She who my poor heart posseses', 'How happy are they', and 'Cease anxious world'
British Library, Music Collections
Music Deposit 2016/52
See Annual Return 2016