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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Explores every aspect of Henry Purcell's (1659-95) output, as well as the musical background to his life. Ranking alongside Edward Elgar and Benjamin Britten, Purcell's works include "Dido and Aeneas" and "The Fairy Queen". The contributors include leading Purcell scholars. Michael Burden is the editor of a new edition of Purcell's "Fairy Queen", the first full publication of any of Purcell's semi-operas. no reviews | add a review
A long overdue book on the master of the English Baroque, this volume contains a group of fresh, new studies on aspects of the composer's background, on his music and on performance practice. Henry Purcell has been acknowledged as one of England's greatest composers. Little is known about his life beyond his official appointments and their duties, but as a musician he excelled as a servant of the Court, the Church and the theatre, writing odes, welcome songs, sonatas, anthems, service music, and a series of operatic extravaganzas which fascinated the public during the 1690s. The Purcell Companion opens with four background chapters - by Andrew Pinnock, Jonathan Wainwright, Graham Dixon and Michael Burden - on his position in British musical history, on music in London during his lifetime, on his Italian connections and on his contemporaries. In the section on the music, Eric Van Tassel presents a new view of the church music, Bruce Wood re-assesses the odes, and Peter Holman writes perceptively about the instrumental music. On the theatre works, Edward Langhans considers their context, while Roger Savage studies the music for the operas and plays. Finally, Andrew Parrott deals with aspects of performance. An up-to-date bibliography details research undertaken on the various aspects of Purcell's life and career. HARDCOVER. No library descriptions found. |
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