Blog: ChordStrike

John Eccles, composer for court, church and stage, in the late 1600s and a contemporary of, and collaborator with, one of this years birthday greats, Henry Purcell. In 1700 Eccles, along with colleagues, Daniel Purcell (youngest brother of Henry), John Weldon and Gottfreid Finger entered a competition to see who could compose the best English version of " The Judgment of Paris ." Move over Susan Boyle, this is the original " Britain's Got Talent ." This "Paris" is special because it shows Eccles trying to shunt musical theater [...]