Daniel Purcell (ca. 1664 - 1717) was Henry Purcell's younger brother or cousin (1) and a valuable composer in his own right.
Born in London he became a chorister of the Chapel Royal, was later appointed organist in Oxford where he was somewhat of a bon vivant(2), and returned to London in 1695--the year of Henry's premature death--completing o.a. the music for Henry's semi-opera Indian Queen and building a career composing incidental music at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. He also composed many anthems, songs, odes--a.o. for Princess (the later Queen) Anne, and instrumental sonatas. (3)
In 1713 Daniel Purcell was appointed organist at St. Andrew’s Church Holborn. A collection of cantatas--some of the first English cantatas in the Italian style, was published in that year. (4)
Listening to Daniel Purcell's music, we hear a composer not only dedicated to the legacy of his famous brother--whose shoes were undoubtedly big to fill and whose last works he helped to complete, but one with an appealing voice of his own, a consummate man of the theater and more.
Let's first listen to Daniel's contribution to The Indian Queen (1695). Whether he came to help his brother to help him meet a deadline or because of his brother's illness and death, is not known. Daniel set the music for the last act: The Masque of Hymen, Part 1: 1. Trumpet Symphony, 2. To Bless the Genial Bed, 3. Come All, Come at my Call, 4. I'm Glad I've Met Him, 5. Good people, 6. My Honey, 7. The Joys of Wedlock.
Listen to Part 2 here.
In the same year Henry Purcell also composed the exquisite Sweeter than Roses for the play Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country (1695). The duet My dearest my fairest was set by either Henry or Daniel, and the music for the scene in Neptune's Temple was definitely Daniel's. (5)
Overture to Virtue in Danger (1696), a suite for voice, recorders, violins and continuo.
Morpheus, thou gentle god from the incidental music of Achilles, or Iphigenia in Aulis (first performed 1699 in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Trumpet Song from Massaniello (1699) for trumpet, soprano voice and basso continuo.
Daniel Purcell published two sets of sonatas: Six Sonatas or Solos, three for a Violin and three for the Flute (1698) and Six Sonatas, three for two Flutes and a Bass, and three Solos for a Flute and a Bass (c. 1710).
From the Sonata in F major (1698), an excerpt from the Allegro. Listen to excerpts from the Largo and the Gigahere and here.
A Sarabande probably from the 1698 set here convincingly performed on pardessus de viole.
Sonata in C major and Sonata in D major, here on trumpet.
Trio Sonata No. 2 in G minor (1710).
Sonata No. 2 in d minor on recorder.
The Sonata Sexta (1710) first played on recorder, then on violin.
Hornpipe from Suite in D minor/major published in a Collection of Lessons and Aires for the Harpsichord or Spinett (1702).
Toccata in a minor and Lessons in d minor and D major probably from The Second Book of the Lady's Entertainment (1708).
Prelude from The Second Part of the Division Flute (published 1708) for recorder.
To conclude, Trumpet Tune D major from The Island Princess (1699), a joint musical production of Jeremiah Clarke and Daniel Purcell, is usually credited to Henry Purcell (d. 1695), but probably the work of Daniel.
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(1) The genealogy of Henry and Daniel Purcell has been the stuff of scholarly debate. Whether they are brothers and either children of Henry Purcell Senior or of his older brother Thomas, or whether Henry is the elder Henry's son and Daniel is the son of Thomas, has been argued or taken for granted every which way. What's sure is that Henry Senior died in 1664 and that Thomas in later correspondence would call both Henry and Daniel his "sons," which indicates that they were raised as brothers. See for example here and here. It would be interesting to see what Mark Humphreys says on the topic, but according to worldcat.org his thesis is available 3,300 miles away at the British Library or in Oxford.
(2) Mr. Humphreys informs us that Daniel Purcell was a member of the Oxford Music Club and describes him as a 'socialite and punster.' This is corroborated by Roger Slade who tells us that Daniel was quite known in Oxford for his 'puns and as an excellent drinking companion!' At this point I would like more details, but none are given.
(3) Mark Humphreys, "Daniel Purcell." Biography, Mark Humphreys website, 03/02/2005. (http://www.bemused.org.uk/ (06/07/2014))
(4) Roger Slade, "Daniel Purcell." Composer page, Eighteenth Century English Music website. (http://rslade.co.uk/18th-century-music/composers/daniel-purcell/ (06/07/2014))
(5) Kathryn Lowerre, "Music and Musicians on the London Stage, 1695-1705." Burlington, VT, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009, pg. 155. (http://books.google.com/books?id=4En_P7xKjHcC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=pausanias,+daniel+purcell&source=bl&ots=t3Le9kbHf5&sig=qKNjwmms9Oh_M3V5fSzxNt5EP2M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mcOTU56sLtGvsQTX0YCwDA&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=pausanias%2C%20daniel%20purcell&f=false (06/07/2014))
Born in London he became a chorister of the Chapel Royal, was later appointed organist in Oxford where he was somewhat of a bon vivant(2), and returned to London in 1695--the year of Henry's premature death--completing o.a. the music for Henry's semi-opera Indian Queen and building a career composing incidental music at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. He also composed many anthems, songs, odes--a.o. for Princess (the later Queen) Anne, and instrumental sonatas. (3)
In 1713 Daniel Purcell was appointed organist at St. Andrew’s Church Holborn. A collection of cantatas--some of the first English cantatas in the Italian style, was published in that year. (4)
Listening to Daniel Purcell's music, we hear a composer not only dedicated to the legacy of his famous brother--whose shoes were undoubtedly big to fill and whose last works he helped to complete, but one with an appealing voice of his own, a consummate man of the theater and more.
Let's first listen to Daniel's contribution to The Indian Queen (1695). Whether he came to help his brother to help him meet a deadline or because of his brother's illness and death, is not known. Daniel set the music for the last act: The Masque of Hymen, Part 1: 1. Trumpet Symphony, 2. To Bless the Genial Bed, 3. Come All, Come at my Call, 4. I'm Glad I've Met Him, 5. Good people, 6. My Honey, 7. The Joys of Wedlock.
Listen to Part 2 here.
In the same year Henry Purcell also composed the exquisite Sweeter than Roses for the play Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country (1695). The duet My dearest my fairest was set by either Henry or Daniel, and the music for the scene in Neptune's Temple was definitely Daniel's. (5)
Overture to Virtue in Danger (1696), a suite for voice, recorders, violins and continuo.
Morpheus, thou gentle god from the incidental music of Achilles, or Iphigenia in Aulis (first performed 1699 in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Trumpet Song from Massaniello (1699) for trumpet, soprano voice and basso continuo.
Daniel Purcell published two sets of sonatas: Six Sonatas or Solos, three for a Violin and three for the Flute (1698) and Six Sonatas, three for two Flutes and a Bass, and three Solos for a Flute and a Bass (c. 1710).
From the Sonata in F major (1698), an excerpt from the Allegro. Listen to excerpts from the Largo and the Gigahere and here.
A Sarabande probably from the 1698 set here convincingly performed on pardessus de viole.
Sonata in C major and Sonata in D major, here on trumpet.
Trio Sonata No. 2 in G minor (1710).
Sonata No. 2 in d minor on recorder.
The Sonata Sexta (1710) first played on recorder, then on violin.
Hornpipe from Suite in D minor/major published in a Collection of Lessons and Aires for the Harpsichord or Spinett (1702).
Toccata in a minor and Lessons in d minor and D major probably from The Second Book of the Lady's Entertainment (1708).
Prelude from The Second Part of the Division Flute (published 1708) for recorder.
To conclude, Trumpet Tune D major from The Island Princess (1699), a joint musical production of Jeremiah Clarke and Daniel Purcell, is usually credited to Henry Purcell (d. 1695), but probably the work of Daniel.
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(1) The genealogy of Henry and Daniel Purcell has been the stuff of scholarly debate. Whether they are brothers and either children of Henry Purcell Senior or of his older brother Thomas, or whether Henry is the elder Henry's son and Daniel is the son of Thomas, has been argued or taken for granted every which way. What's sure is that Henry Senior died in 1664 and that Thomas in later correspondence would call both Henry and Daniel his "sons," which indicates that they were raised as brothers. See for example here and here. It would be interesting to see what Mark Humphreys says on the topic, but according to worldcat.org his thesis is available 3,300 miles away at the British Library or in Oxford.
(2) Mr. Humphreys informs us that Daniel Purcell was a member of the Oxford Music Club and describes him as a 'socialite and punster.' This is corroborated by Roger Slade who tells us that Daniel was quite known in Oxford for his 'puns and as an excellent drinking companion!' At this point I would like more details, but none are given.
(3) Mark Humphreys, "Daniel Purcell." Biography, Mark Humphreys website, 03/02/2005. (http://www.bemused.org.uk/ (06/07/2014))
(4) Roger Slade, "Daniel Purcell." Composer page, Eighteenth Century English Music website. (http://rslade.co.uk/18th-century-music/composers/daniel-purcell/ (06/07/2014))
(5) Kathryn Lowerre, "Music and Musicians on the London Stage, 1695-1705." Burlington, VT, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009, pg. 155. (http://books.google.com/books?id=4En_P7xKjHcC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=pausanias,+daniel+purcell&source=bl&ots=t3Le9kbHf5&sig=qKNjwmms9Oh_M3V5fSzxNt5EP2M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mcOTU56sLtGvsQTX0YCwDA&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=pausanias%2C%20daniel%20purcell&f=false (06/07/2014))