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The Purcell Companion (Paperback, Main)
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The Purcell Companion (Paperback, Main)
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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.
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