Henry Purcell - The Origins and Development of His Musical Style (Book, Digitally Print)

This is the first book thoroughly to explore the musical style of Henry Purcell. In this comprehensive study, Martin Adams identifies music by other composers, both within England and from abroad, which influenced Purcell's compositional decisions. Using a mix of broad stylistic observation and detailed analysis, Adams distinguishes between late seventeenth-century English style in general and Purcell's style in particular and chronicles the changes in the composer's approach to the main genres in which he worked, especially the newly emerging ode and English opera. As a result, Adams reveals that although Purcell went through a marked stylistic development, encompassing an unusually wide range of surface changes, special elements of his style remained constant. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of music and theatre history and of British cultural and social history.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2009
First published:	November 2008
Authors:	Martin Adams
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Book
Pages:	404
Edition:	Digitally Print
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-10691-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750) Books > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750) Promotions
LSN:	0-521-10691-5
Barcode:	9780521106917

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