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As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes and as poetry is a rise above prose and oratory, so is music the exaltation of poetry.
Henry Purcell
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Henry Purcell
Age: 36 †
Born: 1659
Born: September 10
Died: 1695
Died: November 21
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