Compositional Artifice in the Music of Henry Purcell

Compositional Artifice in the Music of Henry Purcell
Title Compositional Artifice in the Music of Henry Purcell PDF eBook
Author Alan Howard
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 315
Release 2019-10-17
Genre Music
ISBN 110700666X

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The first major study to propose an analytical approach to Purcell's music beginning from contemporary compositional aims and techniques.

Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell
Title Henry Purcell PDF eBook
Author Robert King
Publisher Thames & Hudson
Pages 264
Release 1994
Genre Composers
ISBN

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Of Purcell the man very little is known, and his personality has to be reconstructed through the age in which he lived, the circumstances of his professional life, the men and women who knew him, and above all through his music. Robert King weaves a masterly narrative, bringing together politics (always in the forefront of Purcell's fortunes), religion, society and the theater, relating all this to the state of music at the time - instruments, techniques, foreign influences, and formal innovations.

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 439
Release 2016-04-01
Genre Music
ISBN 1317043278

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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.

Keyboard works

Keyboard works
Title Keyboard works PDF eBook
Author Henry Purcell
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 98
Release 1990-01-01
Genre Music
ISBN 0486263630

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Near-complete collection of great English composer's keyboard compositions, including the 8 suites, airs, trumpet tunes (for harpsichord solo), grounds, preludes, dances, etc. Edited by William Barclay Squire.

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 2018
Genre History
ISBN 0190271663

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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 Works of Henry Purcell

The Works of Henry Purcell
Title The Works of Henry Purcell PDF eBook
Author Henry Purcell
Publisher Stainer & Bell, Limited
Pages 192
Release 1961
Genre Music
ISBN

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A special version of collection "The works of Henry Purcell" issued by the Purcell Society, with revisions provided under their auspices.

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.