Baroque · England and the Netherlands
1649 – 1708
Newark - Westminster
Review
Child singer of the Royal Chapel after the Restoration, was an organist of Westminster Abbey. In 1679 he gave up his post to his student Henry Purcell and recovered it at his death.
His Venus and Adonis is considered the first English opera. He wrote numerous anthems for the court and a moving ode to Purcell's death.
Main works
- Opera Venus and Adonis (c. 1683)
- Anthemes for the coronation of James II (1685)
- Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell (1696)
- Amphion Anglicus (1700)
- Services and anthems for the Royal Chapel
