Editing Henry Purcell (section)

===In popular culture===

[[File:Henry Purcell "Dido & Aeneas" (extrait) - Les Arts Florissants, William Christie.webm|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Lea Desandre]] and [[Les Arts Florissants (ensemble)|Les Arts Florissants]] perform the "[[Dido's Lament]]" aria from Purcell's ''Dido and Aeneas'', among his most notable works.]]

Music for the [[Funeral Sentences and Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary|Funeral of Queen Mary]] was reworked by [[Wendy Carlos]] for the title music of the 1971 film by Stanley Kubrick, ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''. The 1973 ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' review of [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]'s ''[[A Passion Play]]'' compared the musical style of the album with that of Purcell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tullpress.com/rs30aug73.htm|title=Jethro Tull Press: Rolling Stone, 30 August 1973|work=tullpress.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195516/http://www.tullpress.com/rs30aug73.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> In 2009 [[Pete Townshend]] of [[The Who]], an English rock band that established itself in the 1960s, identified Purcell's harmonies, particularly the use of suspension and resolution (Townshend has mentioned Chaconne from The Gordian Knot Untied) that he had learned from producer [[Kit Lambert]], as an influence on the band's music (in songs such as "[[Won't Get Fooled Again]]" (1971), "[[I Can See for Miles]]" (1967) and the very Purcellian intro to "[[Pinball Wizard]]").<ref>''[[Radio Times]]'', 24–30 October 2009, previewing ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nf3kr Baroque and Roll]'' ([[BBC Radio 4]], 27 October 2009).</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/Henry-Purcell.htm|title=Henry Purcell – an overview of the classical composer|author=Jim Paterson|work=mfiles.co.uk}}</ref> Purcell's music was widely featured as background music in the [[Academy Award]] winning 1979 film ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'', with a soundtrack on [[CBS Masterworks]] Records.<ref name="Variety_1979">{{Cite web |last=Pollock |first=Dale |date=27 November 1979 |title=Kramer Vs. Kramer |url=https://variety.com/1979/film/reviews/kramer-vs-kramer-2-1200424569/ |access-date=20 November 2020 |website=Variety}}</ref> The 1995 film ''[[England, My England]]'' tells the story of an actor who is himself writing a play about Purcell's life and music, and features many of his compositions.<ref name="Variety">{{Cite web |last=Elley |first=Derek |date=19 November 1995 |title=England, My England |url=https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/england-my-england-1200443778/ |access-date=20 November 2020 |website=Variety}}</ref>

In the 21st century, the [[Pride & Prejudice (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] of the [[Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)|2005 film version]] of ''[[Pride and Prejudice (novel)|Pride and Prejudice]]'' features a dance titled "A Postcard to Henry Purcell". This is a version by composer [[Dario Marianelli]] of Purcell's ''[[Abdelazar]]'' theme. In the German-language 2004 movie, ''[[Downfall (2004 film)|Downfall]]'', the music of [[Dido's Lament]] is used repeatedly as [[End of World War II in Europe|Nazi Germany collapses]]. The 2012 film ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]'' contains [[Benjamin Britten]]'s version of the Rondeau in Purcell's ''Abdelazar'' created for his 1946 ''[[The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra]]''. In 2013, the [[Pet Shop Boys]] released their single "[[Love Is a Bourgeois Construct]]" incorporating one of the same ground basses from ''King Arthur'' used by [[Michael Nyman]] in his ''[[The Draughtsman's Contract]]'' score.<ref name="Novello">{{Cite web |last=Chester Music Ltd (World) |date=2020 |title=Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982) |url=https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/11492/Chasing-Sheep-is-Best-Left-to-Shepherds-The-Draughtsmans-Contract--Michael-Nyman/ |access-date=20 November 2020 |website=Wise Music Classical}}</ref><ref name="Songfacts">{{Cite web |last=Songfacts |date=2020 |title=Love Is A Bourgeois Construct by Pet Shop Boys |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/pet-shop-boys/love-is-a-bourgeois-construct |access-date=20 November 2020}}</ref> [[Olivia Chaney]] performs her adaptation of "There's Not a Swain" on her CD "The Longest River".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/306488-the-delicate-intensity-of-olivia-chaney/|title=The Delicate Intensity of Olivia Chaney|work=WNYC}}</ref> The song "Music for a while" from Purcell's incidental music to ''[[Oedipus (Dryden play)|Oedipus]],'' Z. 583 was included in the soundtrack of the 2018 film ''[[The Favourite]],'' along with the second movement of his Trumpet Sonata in D major, Z. 850, performed by the [[English Baroque Soloists]], conducted by [[Sir John Eliot Gardiner]].<ref>{{Citation |title=The Favourite Soundtrack - Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850 - 2. Adagio | date=4 February 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTwyzuoxmxM&list=PLGXVAm2zfXPm2TLno1diFZZh1q2db2IHS |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref>

"What Power Art Thou" (from King Arthur, or The British Worthy (Z. 628), a semi-opera in five acts with music by Purcell and a libretto by John Dryden) is featured in ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''.