Artist
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell appears once in our Baroque list, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Baroque
- Year
- 1689
- Highest placing
- No. 3 in Baroque
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Dido and Aeneas
1689
Ranked No. 3 in Baroque
Dido's Lament is five descending chromatic notes repeated eleven times while a woman decides to die. The most economical devastation anyone has written.