Henry Purcell
- Born
- 10 September 1659 (36 years old)
- Passed away
- 21 November 1695
- Place of birth
- Westminster, London, England
- Gender
- Male
Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer and organist of the middle Baroque era. He was extremely prolific, having composed more than 100 songs, a tragic opera Dido and Aeneas, and wrote incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream called The Fairy Queen.