Purcell, Henry (16581695)

Purcell, Henry, eminent English musician, born at Westminster; was successively organist at Westminster Abbey and to the Chapel Royal; excelled in all forms of musical composition; was the author of anthems, cantatas, glees, &c., which attained great popularity; he set the songs of Shakespeare's “Tempest” to music (16581695).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Purbeck, Isle of * Purchas, Samuel
[wait for the fun]
Pultowa
Pultusk
Pulu
Punch
Pundit
Punic Faith
Punic Wars
Punjab
Puránas
Purbeck, Isle of
Purcell, Henry
Purchas, Samuel
Purgatorio
Purgatory
Purim, the Feast of
Puritan City
Puritans
Pursuivant
Pusey, Edward Bouverie
Puseyism
Pushkin