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The 300th anniversary of Henry Purcell''s death in 1995 stimulated a good deal of new research into his music, its sources, performance, reception and cultural context. The 23 articles in this volume have been chosen by Peter Holman as a representative selection of the best scholarly writing over the last few decades, featuring most of the leading Purcell scholars, including Curtis Price, Robert Thompson, Robert Shay, Bruce Wood, Rebecca Herissone, and Christopher Hogwood, though it also includes some earlier classic articles, by Michael Tilmouth, Richard Luckett, Margaret Laurie and others. The four sections are ''Biography and Contexts'', ''Sources, Editing and Publishing'', ''Styles, Genres and Compositional Process'', and ''Performance, Performance Practice and Reception''. Peter Holman''s introduction explores the history of Purcell scholarship, reviews its present state, comments on the significance of the articles, and offers a prospect for the future.

Book details

Book category Books in German Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik Kunst Kunstgeschichte

• Full title: Purcell
• Author: Peter Holman
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576
• EAN: 9781032918549
• ISBN: 1032918543
• ID: 46440282
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 1000 g
• Date of publishing: 14. October 2024

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