Composers Datebook for April 11, 2019 - A Purcell Premiere?

Henry Purcell performed as one of 39 musicians in a celebration for William and Mary of Orange, the new Protestant Monarchs of Britain, on this date in 1689. Purcell was known as one of the greatest British composers of his time.
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