Chapter 37

Question 1

What are the life dates of Henry Purcell?

Answer 1

1659-1695

Question 2

What genre was Purcell known for?

Answer 2

odes, welcome songs, church/funeral music, instrumental music, and theater music

Question 3

What city was Purcell associated with?

Answer 3

London

Question 4

What did Purcell contribute?

Answer 4

Music in England wasn’t improving very quickly like the other European countries. He wrote a lot of music for the King and Queen which was a hard thing to do since they really didn’t want to put much money into it. He composed 20 odes for the royal family.

Question 5

What is a masque?

Answer 5

an elaborate courtly entertainment using music, dance, and drama to portray an allegorical story to praise the king

Question 6

What is an ode?

Answer 6

multi-movement piece with instrumental introduction, choruses, duets, and solo arias, no recitative or drama

Question 7

What is a semi-opera?

Answer 7

spoken play where the more important sections are sung

Question 8

Name three pieces written by Purcell. Give dates and genres.

Answer 8

Dido and Aeneas was an opera written in 1689. Come, ye sons of art is an ode written in 1694. Funeral Music for Queen Mary was written in 1695.