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{{primary sources, date=March 2015 The Purcell Society, founded in 1876 (principally by
William Hayman Cummings William Hayman Cummings (22 August 1831 – 5 June 1915) was an English musician, tenor and organist at Waltham Abbey. Cummings was born in Sidbury (near Sidmouth) in Devon. He was educated at St Paul's Cathedral Choir School and the City of L ...
) is an organization dedicated to making the complete musical works of
Henry Purcell Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer. Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest E ...
available. Between 1876 and 1965, scores of all the known works of Purcell were published, in 32 volumes. Advances in musical scholarship and editorial techniques in the decades after the first volumes were issued meant that by the second half of the 20th century they were no longer meeting the needs of users. Beginning in the 1960s, the Purcell Society began to issue revised versions of the scores. The website gives details of the scores in the revised series that are currently available.


Holding libraries

All volumes of the complete work of Henry Purcell published by the Purcell Society are available in th
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin
and the
British Library The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is one of the largest libraries in the world. It is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million items from many countries. As a legal deposit library, the British ...
in London. The FAL library at the
University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM; es, Universidad de Nuevo México) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889, it is the state's flagship academic institution and the largest by enrollment, with over 25,400 ...
has in its possession most of the volumes, with some added revised editions. The FAL is missing vols. 1, 6, 8, 10, 16, 18, 21, 23.


See also

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List of compositions by Henry Purcell This is a list of musical compositions by Henry Purcell. By Z number Pieces listed according to the Zimmerman catalogue. Anthems 1–65/h2> *Z 1, Verse Anthem, "Awake, put on thy strength" (c. 1682–85) *Z 2, Verse Anthem, "Behold, I brin ...
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Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright (10 April 1864 – 16 August 1944) was a British musicologist. Educated at Oxford, Arkwright was the editor of "The Old English Edition", containing masques, ballets, motets, madrigals, etc., by English composers ...


External links


Official site of the Purcell Society
International music organizations Organizations established in 1876 Music publishing companies of the United Kingdom Music organisations based in the United Kingdom Arts organizations established in the 1870s 1876 establishments in the United Kingdom