| Purcell Studies Contributor(s): Price, Curtis (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521441749 ISBN-13: 9780521441742 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1995 Annotation: This volume of specially commissioned essays has been collected to celebrate the tercentenary of Purcell's death. The essays are representative of the best recent research and explore the following areas: the autograph manuscripts, Purcell's compositional technique, the relationship between Purcell and his teacher John Blow, a reassessment of Purcell's court odes, performance practice and word-setting, and eighteenth-century reception history, particularly regarding King Arthur. The volume is richly illustrated with music examples and photographs of important manuscripts. This is also the first collection to analyse Purcell's compositional techniques through detailed study of his manuscripts and the first to report on the discovery of two important autograph manuscripts. The book opens with an assessment of Purcell's elusive personality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Individual Composer & Musician |
| Dewey: 780.92 |
| LCCN: 94017174 |
| Series: Cambridge Composer Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.22" W x 9.21" (1.28 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays marks the tercentenary in 1995 of Purcell's death. The essays represent the best recent 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 book contains the first written reports on the discovery of two important autograph manuscripts. |
