Composers

Henry Playford

Voice
Violin
Recorder
Mixed chorus
Trumpet
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Song
Religious music
Country dance
Dance
Airs
Minuet
Bourrees
Gigue
Rigaudon
Marche
by popularity
Apollo's Banquet, Newly Reviv'dDeliciæ musicæHarmonia SacraThe Alamode MusicianThe Banquet of MusickThe Tunes of the Psalms
Wikipedia
Henry Playford (1657 – c. 1707) was an English music publisher, the younger son and only known surviving child of John Playford, with whom he entered business.
His father died around 1686, but for some time before that he was in poor health. Henry took on his father´s shop near Temple Church 1685–1695, then traded in Temple Change 1695–1704 and finally in Middle Temple Gate in 1706. Many of his publications were of a transient nature and were aimed at favourite songs and instrumental pieces for public entertainments, such as the pleasure garden concerts much in vogue. He revised his father's The Dancing Master and published Thomas d'Urfey's Wit and Mirth and Henry Purcell's Orpheus Britannicus. Among his most significant published song collections are Harmonia sacra (1688) and The Divine Companion (1701).