1.) Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Act III, Dido’s Lament
(10 September 1659 - 21 November 1695)
Purcell was an English Baroque composer. He has often been called England's finest native composer. Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements but devised a peculiarly English style of Baroque music. His brief career began at the court of Charles II and on through the turbulent times of James II and finally into the period of William and Mary. Purcell’s music ranks among the finest in the Baroque period and because of him England gained a leading position in the world of music.

Objective Facts
Title: Dido and Aeneas (Act III)
Composer: Henry Purcell
Date of Work: 1689
Era: Baroque
Genre: Opera
Language: English
Instrumentation: Strings, Voice
Tempo: Slow
Basis: Roman epic The Aeneid by Virgil
Harmony: Minor
Texture: Monophonic
Repeated: A-A-B-B
Characters: Dido, Aeneas, Belinda, Sorceress
5-measure pattern in slow triple meter
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Title: Purcell, Dido And Aeneas
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