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The Purcell Companion

Door Michael Burden

Categorie
Componisten
Boeknummer
#416491-XZ15
Titel
The Purcell Companion
Auteur
Burden, Michael
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Faber & Faber
Jaar van uitgave
1995
ISBN10
0571163254
ISBN13
9780571163250
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, dust jacket, some illustrations in b/w, musical scales, 8vo.
Samenvatting
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, ... (Lees verder)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.
Pagina's
504
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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