{"id":31534,"date":"2026-10-31T00:28:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/henry-purcell\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T00:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:36:30","slug":"henry-purcell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/henry-purcell\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Purcell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"opa-ref\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.5;\"><em><strong>Image d&rsquo;en-t\u00eate :<\/strong> <strong>Canaletto<\/strong>, <em>L\u2019Abbaye de Westminster et la procession des chevaliers de l\u2019ordre du Bain<\/em>, 1749, Londres, abbaye de Westminster (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Giovanni_Antonio_Canal,_il_Canaletto_-_London_-_Westminster_Abbey,_with_a_Procession_of_Knights_of_the_Bath_-_WGA03950.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-soutien\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 0 1.6em;\">\n<form style=\"display: inline-block; margin: 0 0 .4em;\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"QSSRVLDUKP2MG\" \/><input style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"Faire un don avec PayPal\" alt=\"Faire un don avec PayPal\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/fr_FR\/FR\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><\/form>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/soutenir\/\">Soutenir mon travail<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/abonnements\/\">Tout lire sans limite<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Livres-Orazio-Puglisi\/s?rh=n%3A301061%2Cp_27%3AOrazio+Puglisi\">Mes livres<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<style>.opa-art{font-size:1.04em;line-height:1.75}.opa-art h2{margin-top:1.6em}.opa-art h3{margin-top:1.8em;color:#7a1f2b}.opa-fig{position:relative;left:50%;transform:translateX(-50%);width:min(1000px,94vw);margin:2.2em 0}.opa-fig img{width:100%!important;height:auto!important;max-width:none!important;display:block;box-shadow:0 10px 34px rgba(0,0,0,.25);border-radius:3px}.opa-fig figcaption{max-width:720px;margin:.8em auto 0;font-size:.82em;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;opacity:.8}.opa-lettrine:first-letter{float:left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:3.4em;line-height:.9;padding:.05em .12em 0 0;color:#7a1f2b}.opa-biblio{font-size:.92em}<\/style>\n<style>.opa-gal{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(240px,1fr));gap:16px;margin:1.6em 0;position:relative;left:50%;transform:translateX(-50%);width:min(1100px,94vw);background:#fbf8f3;padding:18px;border-radius:8px;box-sizing:border-box;color:#222}.opa-gal figure{margin:0}.opa-gal img{width:100%!important;height:220px!important;object-fit:cover;border-radius:4px;box-shadow:0 6px 18px rgba(0,0,0,.2)}.opa-gal figcaption{font-size:.78em;line-height:1.4;margin-top:.4em;opacity:.9}.opa-vidbox{position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;margin:1.2em 0;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden;box-shadow:0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,.25)}.opa-vidbox iframe,.opa-vidbox video{position:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0}.opa-dl li{margin:.4em 0}.opa-dl a{font-weight:600}<\/style>\n<div class=\"opa-art\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Henry Purcell (1659-1695), l\u2019Orph\u00e9e britannique<\/h2>\n<style>.opa-audio{margin:.8em 0 1.4em}.opa-audio audio{width:100%}.opa-audio-cap{font-size:.78em;margin-top:.3em;opacity:.85}.opa-chrono li{margin:.3em 0}<\/style>\n<p class=\"opa-lettrine\">Mort \u00e0 trente-six ans, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Purcell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry Purcell<\/a> (1659-1695) est rest\u00e9 pendant deux si\u00e8cles le plus grand compositeur n\u00e9 en Angleterre. Organiste de l\u2019abbaye de Westminster, musicien de quatre rois, il a \u00e9crit le premier grand op\u00e9ra anglais, <em>Didon et \u00c9n\u00e9e<\/em>, dont la \u00ab Lamentation de Didon \u00bb est l\u2019une des pages les plus d\u00e9chirantes de la musique, ainsi que des semi-op\u00e9ras, des odes, des anthems et une musique fun\u00e8bre pour la reine Marie qui fut jou\u00e9e, quelques mois plus tard, \u00e0 ses propres fun\u00e9railles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"opa-fig\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:John_Closterman_(1660-1711)_(by_or_after)_-_Henry_Purcell_-_NPG_1352_-_National_Portrait_Gallery.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/88\/John_Closterman_%281660-1711%29_%28by_or_after%29_-_Henry_Purcell_-_NPG_1352_-_National_Portrait_Gallery.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"Henry Purcell\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>John Closterman<\/strong>, <em>Portrait de Henry Purcell<\/em>, vers 1695, Londres, National Portrait Gallery. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:John_Closterman_(1660-1711)_(by_or_after)_-_Henry_Purcell_-_NPG_1352_-_National_Portrait_Gallery.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>L\u2019enfant de la <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chapel_Royal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapelle royale<\/a> (1659-1679)<\/h3>\n<p>Henry Purcell na\u00eet en 1659 \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cit%C3%A9_de_Westminster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westminster<\/a>, au c\u0153ur de Londres, dans une famille de musiciens de la cour. L\u2019ann\u00e9e suivante, la <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Restauration_anglaise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Restauration anglaise<\/a> ram\u00e8ne sur le tr\u00f4ne <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_II_(roi_d'Angleterre)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles II<\/a>, qui rouvre les \u00e9glises et les th\u00e9\u00e2tres ferm\u00e9s par les puritains et fait venir \u00e0 Londres la musique fran\u00e7aise qu\u2019il a aim\u00e9e pendant son exil aupr\u00e8s de Louis XIV. Enfant de ch\u0153ur de la <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chapel_Royal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapelle royale<\/a>, Henry y \u00e9tudie avec Pelham Humfrey, form\u00e9 \u00e0 Paris aupr\u00e8s de Lully, puis avec <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Blow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Blow<\/a>. Il compose d\u00e8s l\u2019adolescence et devient en 1677, \u00e0 dix-huit ans, compositeur des violons du roi.<\/p>\n<h3>Organiste de Westminster (1679-1688)<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"opa-fig\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:John_Bluck_-_West_Front_of_Westminster_Abbey_-_B1977.14.16428_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/e9\/John_Bluck_-_West_Front_of_Westminster_Abbey_-_B1977.14.16428_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"L\u2019abbaye de Westminster\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>John Bluck<\/strong>, <em>La fa\u00e7ade ouest de l\u2019abbaye de Westminster<\/em>, aquatinte, 1812 : l\u2019abbaye dont Purcell fut l\u2019organiste de 1679 \u00e0 sa mort et o\u00f9 il repose. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:John_Bluck_-_West_Front_of_Westminster_Abbey_-_B1977.14.16428_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC0)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>En 1679, Purcell succ\u00e8de \u00e0 son ma\u00eetre Blow comme organiste de l\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abbaye_de_Westminster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abbaye de Westminster<\/a>, puis devient en 1682 organiste de la Chapelle royale. Il \u00e9crit pour la cour des \u00ab welcome songs \u00bb qui accueillent le roi, des anthems pour la liturgie anglicane \u2014 dont <em>My Heart Is Inditing<\/em> pour le couronnement de Jacques II en 1685 \u2014, des fantaisies pour violes d\u2019une science contrapuntique stup\u00e9fiante et des sonates en trio \u00ab \u00e0 l\u2019imitation des plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres ma\u00eetres italiens \u00bb. Il sert successivement Charles II, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_II_(roi_d'Angleterre)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacques II<\/a>, puis <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guillaume_III_d'Orange-Nassau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guillaume III<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marie_II_(reine_d'Angleterre)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marie II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio\"><audio controls preload=\"none\" style=\"width:100%\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a9\/Purcell_Henry_-_Abdelazer_Suite.ogg\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/a\/a9\/Purcell_Henry_-_Abdelazer_Suite.ogg\/Purcell_Henry_-_Abdelazer_Suite.ogg.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio-cap\">Purcell, <em>Abdelazer<\/em> : suite (avec le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre Rondeau) <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Purcell_Henry_-_Abdelazer_Suite.ogg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY 3.0)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Didon et \u00c9n\u00e9e<\/h3>\n<p>Vers 1689, Purcell compose sur un livret de Nahum Tate <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Didon_et_%C3%89n%C3%A9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Didon et \u00c9n\u00e9e<\/a><\/em>, jou\u00e9 \u2014 selon la tradition \u2014 par les jeunes filles d\u2019un pensionnat de Chelsea. En moins d\u2019une heure, ce chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre raconte, d\u2019apr\u00e8s l\u2019<em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89n%C3%A9ide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00c9n\u00e9ide<\/a><\/em> de Virgile, l\u2019amour de la reine de Carthage pour le h\u00e9ros troyen, que les sorci\u00e8res font partir pour l\u2019Italie. Abandonn\u00e9e, Didon meurt en chantant \u00ab When I am laid in earth \u00bb (\u00ab Quand je serai couch\u00e9e en terre \u00bb), lamentation sur une basse obstin\u00e9e descendante qui se r\u00e9p\u00e8te inlassablement : c\u2019est l\u2019un des sommets de la musique vocale.<\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio\"><audio controls preload=\"none\" style=\"width:100%\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/7b\/Dido%26Aeneas-ukr-32%28air%26choir%29.ogg\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/7\/7b\/Dido%26Aeneas-ukr-32%28air%26choir%29.ogg\/Dido%26Aeneas-ukr-32%28air%26choir%29.ogg.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio-cap\">Purcell, <em>Didon et \u00c9n\u00e9e<\/em> : la Lamentation de Didon \u00ab When I am laid in earth \u00bb et le ch\u0153ur final \u00ab With drooping wings \u00bb <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dido%26Aeneas-ukr-32(air%26choir).ogg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY-SA 4.0)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Le th\u00e9\u00e2tre et les semi-op\u00e9ras (1690-1695)<\/h3>\n<p>Dans les derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es de sa vie, Purcell \u00e9crit pour le th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Londres des musiques de sc\u00e8ne pour une quarantaine de pi\u00e8ces et des \u00ab semi-op\u00e9ras \u00bb o\u00f9 le chant alterne avec le th\u00e9\u00e2tre parl\u00e9 : <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_Arthur_(op%C3%A9ra)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Arthur<\/a><\/em> (1691) sur un livret de <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Dryden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Dryden<\/a>, avec le saisissant \u00ab Cold Song \u00bb du g\u00e9nie du froid, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Fairy_Queen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fairy-Queen<\/a><\/em> (1692), d\u2019apr\u00e8s <em>Le Songe d\u2019une nuit d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9<\/em> de Shakespeare, <em>The Indian Queen<\/em> (1695). Son ode pour la Sainte-C\u00e9cile <em>Hail, Bright Cecilia<\/em> (1692) c\u00e9l\u00e8bre la patronne des musiciens.<\/p>\n<h3>La mort de l\u2019Orph\u00e9e britannique<\/h3>\n<p>\u00c0 la mort de la reine Marie II, en d\u00e9cembre 1694, Purcell compose la <em>Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary<\/em> (1695), avec sa marche solennelle pour trombones et timbales. Quelques mois plus tard, le 21 novembre 1695, il meurt \u00e0 trente-six ans, peut-\u00eatre de la tuberculose ; la m\u00eame musique est jou\u00e9e \u00e0 ses propres fun\u00e9railles. Il est enterr\u00e9 dans l\u2019abbaye de Westminster, au pied de l\u2019orgue ; son \u00e9pitaphe dit qu\u2019il est \u00ab parti vers le lieu bienheureux o\u00f9 seule son harmonie peut \u00eatre surpass\u00e9e \u00bb. Ses chants sont rassembl\u00e9s en 1698 sous le titre <em>Orpheus Britannicus<\/em>. Red\u00e9couvert au XX<sup>e<\/sup> si\u00e8cle, il inspira <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_Britten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamin Britten<\/a>, dont le <em>Guide de l\u2019orchestre pour les jeunes<\/em> repose sur un th\u00e8me d\u2019<em>Abdelazer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio\"><audio controls preload=\"none\" style=\"width:100%\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/2e\/H._Purcell_-_March_from_Music_for_the_funeral_of_Queen_Mary.oga\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/2\/2e\/H._Purcell_-_March_from_Music_for_the_funeral_of_Queen_Mary.oga\/H._Purcell_-_March_from_Music_for_the_funeral_of_Queen_Mary.oga.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio-cap\">Purcell, <em>Musique pour les fun\u00e9railles de la reine Marie<\/em> : marche <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:H._Purcell_-_March_from_Music_for_the_funeral_of_Queen_Mary.oga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Chronologie<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-chrono\">\n<li><strong>1659<\/strong> \u2014 naissance \u00e0 Westminster<\/li>\n<li><strong>1660<\/strong> \u2014 restauration de Charles II<\/li>\n<li><strong>1668<\/strong> \u2014 enfant de ch\u0153ur de la Chapelle royale<\/li>\n<li><strong>1677<\/strong> \u2014 compositeur des violons du roi<\/li>\n<li><strong>1679<\/strong> \u2014 organiste de l\u2019abbaye de Westminster<\/li>\n<li><strong>1682<\/strong> \u2014 organiste de la Chapelle royale<\/li>\n<li><strong>1685<\/strong> \u2014 <em>My Heart Is Inditing<\/em> pour le couronnement de Jacques II<\/li>\n<li><strong>vers 1689<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Didon et \u00c9n\u00e9e<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1691<\/strong> \u2014 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_Arthur_(op%C3%A9ra)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Arthur<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1692<\/strong> \u2014 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Fairy_Queen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fairy-Queen<\/a><\/em> ; <em>Hail, Bright Cecilia<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1695<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Musique pour les fun\u00e9railles de la reine Marie<\/em> ; mort \u00e0 Westminster, le 21 novembre<\/li>\n<li><strong>1698<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Orpheus Britannicus<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u0152uvres majeures<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-chrono\">\n<li><em>Didon et \u00c9n\u00e9e<\/em> (vers 1689)<\/li>\n<li>Les semi-op\u00e9ras <em>Dioclesian<\/em>, <em>King Arthur<\/em>, <em>The Fairy-Queen<\/em>, <em>The Indian Queen<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Musiques de sc\u00e8ne, dont <em>Abdelazer<\/em> (1695)<\/li>\n<li><em>Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary<\/em> (1695)<\/li>\n<li>Odes et welcome songs, dont <em>Hail, Bright Cecilia<\/em> et <em>Come, Ye Sons of Art<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Anthems, dont <em>Rejoice in the Lord Alway<\/em> et <em>My Heart Is Inditing<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Fantaisies pour violes et sonates en trio<\/li>\n<li>Pi\u00e8ces pour clavecin et le recueil <em>Orpheus Britannicus<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Galerie<\/h3>\n<div class=\"opa-gal\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Portrait_d%27Henry_Purcell_-_reprod._photom%C3%A9canique_d%27une_gravure_r%C3%A9alis%C3%A9e_d%27apr%C3%A8s_l%27oeuvre_de_sir_Godfrey_Kneller_-_btv1b8423817k.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e5\/Portrait_d%27Henry_Purcell_-_reprod._photom%C3%A9canique_d%27une_gravure_r%C3%A9alis%C3%A9e_d%27apr%C3%A8s_l%27oeuvre_de_sir_Godfrey_Kneller_-_btv1b8423817k.jpg\/1920px-Portrait_d%27Henry_Purcell_-_reprod._photom%C3%A9canique_d%27une_gravure_r%C3%A9alis%C3%A9e_d%27apr%C3%A8s_l%27oeuvre_de_sir_Godfrey_Kneller_-_btv1b8423817k.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Purcell par Kneller\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Portrait de Henry Purcell<\/strong>, reproduction photom\u00e9canique, Paris, BnF. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Portrait_d%27Henry_Purcell_-_reprod._photom%C3%A9canique_d%27une_gravure_r%C3%A9alis%C3%A9e_d%27apr%C3%A8s_l%27oeuvre_de_sir_Godfrey_Kneller_-_btv1b8423817k.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:King_Charles_II_by_John_Michael_Wright_or_studio.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/51\/King_Charles_II_by_John_Michael_Wright_or_studio.jpg\/1920px-King_Charles_II_by_John_Michael_Wright_or_studio.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Charles II\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>John Michael Wright<\/strong> (ou atelier), <em>Charles II<\/em>, vers 1676. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:King_Charles_II_by_John_Michael_Wright_or_studio.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Guercino_Morte_di_Didone.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/3e\/Guercino_Morte_di_Didone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"Didon\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Le Guerchin<\/strong>, <em>La Mort de Didon<\/em>, 1631, Rome, galerie Spada : l\u2019h\u00e9ro\u00efne de l\u2019op\u00e9ra de Purcell. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Guercino_Morte_di_Didone.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Chapel_Royal,_St._James%27s_Palace.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/4e\/Chapel_Royal%2C_St._James%27s_Palace.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"Chapelle royale\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>La Chapelle royale<\/strong> du palais Saint-James, Londres. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Chapel_Royal,_St._James%27s_Palace.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Purcell_Orpheus_Britannicus,_first_edition_1698,_title-page.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/23\/Purcell_Orpheus_Britannicus%2C_first_edition_1698%2C_title-page.jpg\/1920px-Purcell_Orpheus_Britannicus%2C_first_edition_1698%2C_title-page.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Orpheus Britannicus\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Page de titre<\/strong> de l\u2019<em>Orpheus Britannicus<\/em>, 1698. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Purcell_Orpheus_Britannicus,_first_edition_1698,_title-page.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>\u00c0 voir et \u00e0 \u00e9couter<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-dl\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Purcell+Dido+and+Aeneas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Didon et \u00c9n\u00e9e<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=When+I+am+laid+in+earth+Dido+lament\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Lamentation de Didon<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Purcell+Cold+Song\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Cold Song de King Arthur<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Purcell+Funeral+Music+Queen+Mary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musique pour les fun\u00e9railles de la reine Marie<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00c0 t\u00e9l\u00e9charger (livres du domaine public, PDF)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-dl\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/tgmpurcell00cummuoft\/tgmpurcell00cummuoft.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T\u00e9l\u00e9charger le PDF<\/a> \u2014 William Hayman Cummings, <em>Purcell<\/em>, Londres, 1881. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/tgmpurcell00cummuoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lire en ligne<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pour aller plus loin en ligne<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-dl\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Category:Purcell,_Henry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Partitions de Purcell sur IMSLP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster-abbey.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abbaye de Westminster<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pour aller plus loin<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-biblio\">\n<li>Robert King, <em>Henry Purcell<\/em>, Thames and Hudson, 1994.<\/li>\n<li>Voir aussi <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/les-grands-mouvements-de-la-musique\/\">Les grands mouvements de la musique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/les-20-oeuvres-musicales-les-plus-celebres\/\">Les 20 \u0153uvres musicales les plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/la-musique\/\">La Musique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/georg-friedrich-haendel\/\">Georg Friedrich Haendel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/la-musique-anglaise\/\">La Musique anglaise<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image d&rsquo;en-t\u00eate : Canaletto, L\u2019Abbaye de Westminster et la procession des chevaliers de l\u2019ordre du Bain, 1749, Londres, abbaye de Westminster (Wikimedia Commons, Public domain) Soutenir mon travail \u00b7 Tout lire sans limite \u00b7 Mes livres Henry Purcell (1659-1695), l\u2019Orph\u00e9e britannique Mort \u00e0 trente-six ans, Henry Purcell (1659-1695) est rest\u00e9 pendant deux si\u00e8cles le plus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31533,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31534","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Henry Purcell (1659-1695), l\u2019Orph\u00e9e britannique - Orazio Puglisi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mort \u00e0 trente-six ans, Henry Purcell (1659-1695) est rest\u00e9 pendant deux si\u00e8cles le plus grand compositeur n\u00e9 en Angleterre. 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