Purcell (was: Re: Eb in England--Historical Trust Sites #1)

[John Walton]

blpurdom at yahoo.com said:

> Soprano.  And I almost forgot about Henry Purcell! You've read my
> fic, with the whole Dido and Aeneas thing.  How could I forget
> Purcell!  The group I sing with the most in Philadelphia was founded
> and is conducted by the man for whom the Purcell catalogue is named!
> (He did it while at Oxford.)

Which is, of course, pronounced PURR-sell, not purr-SELL. :D

Oh, Eb, while you're in the music store (::grin::) look for Benjamin
Britten's Gloriana -- it's an opera, and my Madrigal Group did several
pieces from it in our last season -- it's lovely :)

--John

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John Walton -- john at walton.to

"Prick us. Do we not bleed?
Tickle us. Do we not laugh?
Poison us. Do we not die?"

"Nope. That's what *immortal* means."
-John
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