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Compositional Artifice in the Music of Henry Purcell (Hardcover): Alan Howard

Compositional Artifice in the Music of Henry Purcell (Hardcover)

Alan Howard

Series: Musical Performance and Reception

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Fugal invention has proved a successful line of analytical inquiry in recent studies of repertoires from Josquin to J. S. Bach. Alan Howard brings similar insights to the music of Henry Purcell, and proposes the first analytical approach to his music to examine compositional methods alongside historically contemporary theory, focusing particularly on Purcell's 'artificial' approach to imitative counterpoint. Through this methodology Howard challenges previous responses to Purcell's music that portrayed him as fundamentally conservative. This study offers fresh insights into the musical world in which Purcell lived and worked and situates Purcell's compositional concerns in the broader context of notions of artifice in Restoration culture. Howard thereby offers both a fresh analytical approach - to Purcell's early instrumental works and to his later concerted vocal music - and a critique of the reception history surrounding the fantazias and sonatas in particular.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Musical Performance and Reception
Release date: October 2019
Authors: Alan Howard (Dr)
Dimensions: 253 x 180 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-00666-9
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)
LSN: 1-107-00666-X
Barcode: 9781107006669

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