Henry Purcell

Country: Belgium

Series: Cultural life of Belgium - Masters of music

Issued on: 11 May 2009

Perforation:11 1/2

Size: 25.3 x 44 mm

Face value: 1 (Europa) € - Euro

Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 (?) – 21 November 1695), was an English composer. Although incorporating Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, Purcell's legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers; no other native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar.

This series of stamps commemorates the anniversaries of five composers famous all over the world. There are Henry Purcell (1659-1695), GF Handel (1685-1759), Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) and Clara Schumann (1819-1896).

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