The tercentenary of Henry Purcell's death fell in 1995, and this 1995 volume of specially commissioned essays was collected to celebrate Purcell's music in his tercentenary year. The essays are representative of the best research and deal mainly with the autograph manuscripts, Purcell's compositional technique, the relationship between Purcell and his teacher John Blow, a reassessment of Purcell court odes, performance practice and wordsetting, and eighteenth-century reception history, particularly regarding King Arthur.
The volume is well illustrated with music examples and photographs of important manuscripts. It also analyses Purcell's compositional techniques through detailed study of his manuscripts and reports on the discovery of two important autograph manuscripts. The book opens with an assessment of Purcell's illusive personality.
| ISBN: | 9780521441742 |
| Publication date: | 14th September 1995 |
| Author: | Curtis Alexander Price |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 305 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Composer Studies |
| Genres: |
Musicians, singers, bands and groups |
The tercentenary of Henry Purcell's death fell in 1995, and this 1995 volume of specially commissioned essays was collected to celebrate Purcell's music in his tercentenary year. The essays are representative of the best research and deal mainly with the autograph manuscripts, Purcell's compositional technique, the relationship between Purcell and his teacher John Blow, a reassessment of Purcell court odes, performance practice and wordsetting, and eighteenth-century reception history, particularly regarding King Arthur.
Purcell Studies features in the following genres: Musicians, singers, bands and groups
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Purcell Studies was written by Curtis Alexander Price and published by Cambridge University Press
Purcell Studies has 305 pages
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