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Let the moment go.... Don't forget it for a moment, though. Just remembering you've had an 'and' when you're back to 'or' makes the 'or' mean more than it did before.... Now I understand! And it's time to leave the woods. Stephen Joshua Sondheim		Monday Jul 20, 2026
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	Henry Purcell
	(1659-1695) One of the greatest English composers, wrote extensively for the stage, church, etc.

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Composer, organist, bass and countertenor singer. He was one of the greatest composers of the baroque period and one of the greatest of all English composers. Rreference to Purcell by James II's Attorney-General, Roger North, succintly sums up his stature: 'the Orpheus Britannicus ... a greater musical genius England never had'. He excelled in every branch of music to which he turned his hand. Purcell showed exceptional skill in the flexible setting of the English language, and some of his solo song-scenas (like Mad Bess and The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation) are remarkable example of dramatised declamation.

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