Author: Henry PurcellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dramatic music
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Works of Henry Purcell: Sacred Music. Part IV
Author: Henry PurcellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dramatic music
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Works of Henry Purcell: Sacred music, part 4-6
Author: Henry PurcellThe Works of Henry Purcell: Sacred Music. Part VI
Author: Henry PurcellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dramatic music
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Works of Henry Purcell
Author: Henry PurcellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Instrumental music
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell
Author: Rebecca HerissonePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317043278
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
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.
The Works of Henry Purcell: Sacred music, part 7
Author: Henry PurcellQueen Anne
Author: James Anderson WinnPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199372195
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 815
Book Description
A little star -- Hail, welcome prince -- Pray for the peace of Jerusalem -- She reigns without a crown -- Sweet remembrance shall Remain -- Entirely English -- Dominion over the mighty -- What fruits from our divisions spring -- The breath of our nostrils -- To fix a lasting peace on earth -- All a nation could require.
'To fill, forbear, or adorne'
Author: Rebecca HerissonePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351538950
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This is the first study to provide a systematic and thorough investigation of continuo realization styles appropriate to Restoration sacred music, an area of performance practice that has never previously been properly assessed. Rebecca Herissone undertakes detailed analysis of a group of organ books closely associated with the major Restoration composers Purcell, Blow and Humfrey, and the London institutions where they spent their professional lives. By investigating the relationship between the organ books' two-stave arrangements and full scores of the same pieces, Herissone demonstrates that the books are subtle sources of information to the accompanist, not just short or skeleton scores. Using this evidence, she formulates a model for continuo realization of this repertory based on the doubling of vocal parts, an approach that differs significantly from that adopted by most modern editors, and which throws into question much of the accepted continuo practice in modern performance of this repertory.
Catalog of Printed Books of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Author: Folger Shakespeare LibraryPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Musical Creativity in Restoration England
Author: Rebecca HerissonePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107289556
Category : Composition (Music)
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Musical Creativity in Restoration England is the first comprehensive investigation of approaches to creating music in late seventeenth-century England. Understanding creativity during this period is particularly challenging because many of our basic assumptions about composition - such as concepts of originality, inspiration and genius - were not yet fully developed. In adopting a new methodology that takes into account the historical contexts in which sources were produced, Rebecca Herissone challenges current assumptions about compositional processes and offers new interpretations of the relationships between notation, performance, improvisation and musical memory. She uncovers a creative culture that was predominantly communal, and reveals several distinct approaches to composition, determined not by individuals, but by the practical function of the music. Herissone's new and original interpretations pose a fundamental challenge to our preconceptions about what it meant to be a composer in the seventeenth century and raise broader questions about the interpretation of early modern notation.