Purcell Studies

by Curtis Price (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521032735
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/23/2006
Series:	Cambridge Composer Studies
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.94(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction: in search of Purcell's character Curtis Price; 1. Purcell's great autographs Robert Thompson; 2. Purcell as collector of 'ancient' music: Fitzwilliam MS 88 Robert Shay; 3. Purcell's revisions of his own works Rebecca Herissone; 4. New light on Purcell's keyboard music Curtis Price; 5. Purcell and Roseingrave: a new autograph Peter Holman; 6. 'Only Purcell e're shall equal Blow' Bruce Wood; 7. Purcell's odes: propaganda and panegyric Ian Spink; 8. Purcell, Blow and the English court ode Martin Adams; 9. Continuity and tempo in Purcell's vocal works A. Margaret Laurie; 10. Poetic metre, musical metre and the dance in Purcell's songs Katherine Rohrer; 11. King Arthur expos'd: a lesson in anatomy Andrew Pinnock; 12. King Arthur's journey into the eighteenth-century Ellen T. Harris; Afterword: a portrait of Henry Purcell Janet Snowman; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"The book is a must for serious Purcell scholars." Mark A. Radice, Notes

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