This man's only fully extant work for four strings is his Chacony in G minor, and many of his songs were collected posthumously in the publication Harmonia Sacra.
This man's only fully extant work for four strings is his Chacony in G minor, and many of his songs were collected posthumously in the publication Harmonia Sacra. His brother Daniel completed his opera The Indian Queen, which adapted music from his ode Come Ye Sons of Art, written for Queen Mary's birthday. A rondeau from his incidental music to (*) Abdelazar served as the basis for Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. This pupil of John Blow used a libretto by Nahum Tate for his most famous opera, which contains the aria "Ah, Belinda" and the lament "When I am Laid in Earth" and was inspired by Virgil. For 10 points, name this English Baroque composer of Dido and Aeneas.
This man's only fully extant work for four strings is his Chacony in G minor, and many of his songs were collected posthumously in the publication Harmonia Sacra.
Henry Purcell