Editing Henry Purcell (section)

=== Notable compositions ===
Purcell worked in many genres, both in works closely linked to the court, such as symphony song, to the Chapel Royal, such as the symphony anthem, and the theatre.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Robert |last1=Shay |first2=Robert |last2=Thompson |title=Purcell Manuscripts: The Principal Musical Sources |isbn=978-0521028110 |date= 2006 |page=137 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |quote=The distinctive nature of the symphony song, a genre as closely linked to the court as the symphony anthem was to the Chapel Royal, 16 is underlined by the principal concordance of the longer works in R.M. 20.h.8, Lbl Add. 33287}}</ref>

Among Purcell's most notable works are his opera ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'' (1688), his [[semi-opera]]s ''[[Dioclesian]]'' (1690), ''[[King Arthur (opera)|King Arthur]]'' (1691), ''[[The Fairy-Queen]]'' (1692) and ''Timon of Athens'' (1695), as well as the compositions ''[[Hail! Bright Cecilia]]'' (1692), ''[[Come Ye Sons of Art]]'' (1694) and ''[[Funeral Sentences and Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary]]'' (1695).