henry purcell is considered to be the greatest english composer of the baroque period.
henry purcell is considered to be the greatest english composer of the baroque period.
who is considered to be the greatest english composer of the baroque period?
henry purcell
in music history, the music of the english renaissance is noted for its complex polyphonic vocal music, both sacred and secular, and the emergence of instrumental music. with the gradual shift in the early baroque period, england experienced a decline in musical standing among european nations. after dowland, the greatest english composer was henry purcell whose death left a void in english music history until the victorian era.









































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music in the elizabethan era
the baroque period, the 17th and 18th centuries, began to feature the major and minor scale based tonal system and harmony, including chord progressions and circle progressions. it was in the baroque period that the accompaniment of melodies with chords was developed, as in figured bass, and the familiar cadences (perfect authentic, etc.). in the renaissance, certain dissonant sonorities that suggest the dominant seventh occurred with frequency. in the baroque period, the dominant seventh proper was introduced and was in constant use in the classical and romantic periods. the leading-tone seventh appeared in the baroque period and remains in use. composers began to use nondominant seventh chords in the baroque period. they became frequent in the classical period, gave way to altered dominants in the romantic period, and underwent a resurgence in the post-romantic and impressionistic period.
chord (music)