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090    ML410.P93 |bW52
100 1  Westrup, J. A. |q(Jack Allan), |d1904-1975. |=^A46216
245 10 Purcell / |cby J. A. Westrup.
260    London : |bJ. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd. ;New York : |bE. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., |c[1937]
300    xi, 323 pages : |billustrations, portraits, plates, music, facsimiles, genealogical table ; |c19 cm.
336    text |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |2rdamedia
338    volume |2rdacarrier
490 1  Master musicians. N.S.
504    Includes "Catalogue of works" (pages 271-288) and "List of songs in the plays and operas" (pages 307-311).
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-301) and index.
505 00  |gFamily and boyhood -- |tAt the Chapel Royal -- |gApprenticeship and recognition -- |tAbbey, court and stage -- |tRoyal music -- |gMaturity and fame -- |gThe end -- |gAspects of the period -- |gMusic and drama -- |t'Dido' and 'Dioclesian' -- |tOther operas -- |tIncidental music and songs -- |tOdes and cantatas -- |tChurch music -- |tInstrumental works -- |gStyle and development.
520    In this classic study, the author draws on documentary evidence from the Court, Westminster Abbey, and other sources to give a vivid account of Purcell's life in seventeenth-century London. The range of Purcell's compositions is also fully covered, from small-scale pieces to music for state occasions and works for the Restoration stage.
600 10 Purcell, Henry, |d1659-1695. |=^A21511
650  0 Composers |zEngland |vBiography. |=^A419949
830  0 Master musicians series. |pNew series. |?UNAUTHORIZED
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