LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Henry Purcell: Works
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Governor Merriam, flanked by Purcell, former President Hoover, Oakland Mayor McCracken, RFC Director Charles Henderson, Senator William G. McAdoo, and Director of Public Works Earl Lee Kelly, again used a blow torch to sever the second golden chain. Hundreds of fishing boats, yachts and water craft passed under the bridge in "the greatest marine parade San Francisco ever has witnessed."
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`...Holman's study clarifies brilliantly the musical context of Purcell's work. Throughout, the reader will find reasoned enthusiasm, generous acknowledgement of prior schols, commonsense judgements, and many thought-provoking facts and ideas. Useful footnotes, fine bibliography. Bravo!' Choice
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No records survive of Purcell's early life, and the earliest evidence for his existence is to be found in three warrants issued in 1673. One appoints him assistant to John Hingeston, Keeper of the King's keyboard and wind instruments, and the other two are to provide him with clothing and money after his voice changed and he had officially 'gone from the Chapel' (Chapel Royal), though in reality he must have continued to work and learn in the same circles.
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Though during his lifetime the general public by no means realized the importance of Purcell's work, his position among his fellow musicians was soon determined. Dr. Tudway, a fellow chorister and life-long friend of his, says of him: He had a most commendable ambition of exceeding every one of his time, and he succeeded in it without contradiction; there being none in England, nor anywhere else that I know of, that could come in competition with him for compositions of all kinds."
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