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Various Artists - Audite Finem (CD)
Charter Choir of Homerton College, Cambridge, William Byrd, Henry Purcell, Edgar Bainton, Samuel Wesley, …
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Keyboard Works (Book, Reprint)
Henry Purcell; Introduction by William Barclay Squire
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Near-complete collection of great English composer's keyboard compositions, including the eight suites, the core of his keyboard works. Also included are many miscellaneous one-movement pieces: airs, trumpet tunes (for harpsichord solo), grounds, preludes, dances, etc. Edited with a preface by noted music scholar William Barclay Squire.
Music examples and charts illustrate the analyses, and each
essay is fully annotated by the editor. In some cases, the results
of original research by the editor or by others working in the
field are published here for the first time. Much of the material
has never before appeared in English.
A score embodying the best available musical text.
Historical background-what is known of the circumstances
surrounding the origin of the work, including (where relevant)
original source material.
A detailed analysis of the music, by the editor of the volume or
another well-known scholar.
Other significant analytic essays and critical comments,
exposing the student to a variety of opinions about the music.
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Dido And Aeneas (Book)
Henry Purcell; Edited by Margaret Laurie, Thurston Dart
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Henry Purcell's only Opera proper, Dido and Aeneas is a magnificent
example of English Baroque music, with lively dances and passionate
aria sections that demonstrate Purcell's masterful compositional
and choral writing skill. Based on a libretto by Nahum Tate it was
first performed in 1689, comprises three acts and lasts about an
hour. Filled with dramatic lyricism with a wide range of musical
and emotional content, it is a monumental Baroque composition
considered to be one of England's foremost operatic works. Dido and
Aeneas contains all the elements for a successful opera including a
shipwreck, sorcery, love and lost love and death. This is the Vocal
and Full Operatic Score, edited by Margaret Laurie and Thurston
Dart. With its interesting and imaginative realization and
authentic editorial process this is an excellent edition that
features some performing choices and variants and also includes the
reconstructed prologue.
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