Henry Purcell in Japan

Henry Purcell in Japan
Title Henry Purcell in Japan PDF eBook
Author Mary Jo Salter
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Pages 102
Release 1985
Genre History
ISBN

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Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell
Title Henry Purcell PDF eBook
Author Franklin B. Zimmerman
Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
Pages 512
Release 2016-11-11
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1512809098

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
Title Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas PDF eBook
Author Ellen T. Harris
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 271
Release 2017-11-07
Genre Music
ISBN 0190861444

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Purcell's Dido and Aeneas stands as the greatest operatic achievement of seventeenth-century England, and yet, despite its global renown, it remains cloaked in mystery. The date and place of its first performance cannot be fixed with precision, and the absolute accuracy of the surviving scores, which date from almost 100 years after the work was written, cannot be assumed. In this thirtieth-anniversary new edition of her book, Ellen Harris closely examines the many theories that have been proposed for the opera's origin and chronology, considering the opera both as political allegory and as a positive exemplar for young women. Her study explores the work's historical position in the Restoration theater, revealing its roots in seventeenth-century English theatrical and musical traditions, and carefully evaluates the surviving sources for the various readings they offer-of line designations in the text (who sings what), the vocal ranges of the soloists, the use of dance and chorus, and overall layout. It goes on to provide substantive analysis of Purcell's musical declamation and use of ground bass. In tracing the performance history of Dido and Aeneas, Harris presents an in-depth examination of the adaptations made by the Academy of Ancient Music at the end of the eighteenth century based on the surviving manuscripts. She then follows the growing interest in the creation of an “authentic” version in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through published editions and performance reviews, and considers the opera as an important factor in the so-called English Musical Renaissance. To a significant degree, the continuing fascination with Purcell's Dido and Aeneas rests on its apparent mutability, and Harris shows this has been inherent in the opera effectively from its origin.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell

The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell
Title The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell PDF eBook
Author Rebecca Herissone
Publisher Routledge
Pages 558
Release 2016-04-01
Genre Music
ISBN 131704326X

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of current research into Purcell and the environment of Restoration music, with contributions from leading experts in the field. Seen from the perspective of modern, interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship, the companion allows the reader to develop a rounded view of the environment in which Purcell lived, the people with whom he worked, the social conditions that influenced his activities, and the ways in which the modern perception of him has been affected by reception of his music after his death. In this sense the contributions do not privilege the individual over the environment: rather, they use the modern reader's familiarity with Purcell's music as a gateway into the broader Restoration world. Topics include a reassessment of our understanding of Purcell's sources and the transmission of his music; new ways of approaching the study of his creative methods; performance practice; the multi-faceted theatre environment in which his work was focused in the last five years of his life; the importance of the political and social contexts of late seventeenth-century England; and the ways in which the performance history and reception of his music have influenced modern appreciation of the composer. The book will be essential reading for anyone studying the music and culture of the seventeenth century.

A Phone Call to the Future

A Phone Call to the Future
Title A Phone Call to the Future PDF eBook
Author Mary Jo Salter
Publisher Knopf
Pages 240
Release 2013-11-06
Genre Poetry
ISBN 0307497291

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This “wholly attractive volume” that brings together twenty-five years of “elegantly shaped and voiced creations” (William Pritchard, The Boston Globe) offers a generous sampling of Mary Jo Salter’s five previous award-winning volumes and a collection of superb new poems. A mid-career retrospective of one of the major poets of her generation.

The Sonatas of Henry Purcell

The Sonatas of Henry Purcell
Title The Sonatas of Henry Purcell PDF eBook
Author Alon Schab
Publisher Boydell & Brewer
Pages 281
Release 2018
Genre Music
ISBN 1580469205

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This pathbreaking study reveals Purcell's extensive use of symmetry and reversal in his much-loved trio sonatas, and shows how these hidden structural processes make his music multilayered and appealing.

Blank Verse

Blank Verse
Title Blank Verse PDF eBook
Author Robert Burns Shaw
Publisher Ohio University Press
Pages 321
Release 2007
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0821417576

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With its compact but inclusive survey of more than four centuries of poetry, Blank Verse is filled with practical advice for poets of our own day who may wish to attempt the form or enhance their mastery of it. Enriched with numerous examples, Shaw's discussions of verse technique are lively and accessible, inviting to all.