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245 00 a| Purcell studies /c| edited by Curtis Price.;

260 a| Cambridge [England] ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 1995.;

300 a| xii, 305 pages :b| illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ;c| 24 cm;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| [Cambridge composer studies];

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| This volume of specially commissioned essays has been collected to celebrate the tercentenary of Purcell's death. The essays are representative of the best recent research and explore the following areas: the autograph manuscripts, Purcell's compositional technique, the relationship between Purcell and his teacher John Blow, a reassessment of Purcell's court odes, performance practice and word-setting, and eighteenth-century reception history, particularly regarding King Arthur. The volume is richly illustrated with music examples and photographs of important manuscripts. This is also the first collection to analyse Purcell's compositional techniques through detailed study of his manuscripts and the first to report on the discovery of two important autograph manuscripts. The book opens with an assessment of Purcell's elusive personality.;

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Purcell studies / edited by Curtis Price.

Other author	Price, Curtis Alexander, 1945-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Description	xii, 305 pages : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Subjects	Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695--Criticism and interpretation. Music--England. --17th century. --History and criticism. Composers--England. --Criticism and interpretation.

Series	[Cambridge composer studies] Cambridge composer studies. ^A1287952
Contents	Introduction: in search of Purcell's character / Curtis Price -- Purcell's great autographs / Robert Thompson -- Purcell as collector of 'ancient' music: Fitzwilliam MS 88 / Robert Shay -- Purcell's revisions of his own works / Rebecca Herissone -- New lights on Purcell's keyboard music / Curtis Price -- Purcell and Roseingrave: a new autograph / Peter Holman -- 'Only Purcell e're shall equal Blow' / Bruce Wood -- Purcell's odes: propaganda and panegyric / Ian Spink -- Purcell, Blow and the English court ode / Martin Adams -- Continuity and tempo in Purcell's vocal works / A. Margaret Laurie -- Poetic metre, musical metre and the dance in Purcell's songs / Katherine Rohrer -- King Arthur expos'd: a lesson in anatomy / Andrew Pinnock -- King Arthur's journey into the eighteenth century / Ellen T. Harris -- Afterword: a portrait of Henry Purcell / Janet Snowman.
Abstract	This volume of specially commissioned essays has been collected to celebrate the tercentenary of Purcell's death. The essays are representative of the best recent research and explore the following areas: the autograph manuscripts, Purcell's compositional technique, the relationship between Purcell and his teacher John Blow, a reassessment of Purcell's court odes, performance practice and word-setting, and eighteenth-century reception history, particularly regarding King Arthur. The volume is richly illustrated with music examples and photographs of important manuscripts. This is also the first collection to analyse Purcell's compositional techniques through detailed study of his manuscripts and the first to report on the discovery of two important autograph manuscripts. The book opens with an assessment of Purcell's elusive personality.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	94017174
ISBN	0521441749

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