The Purcell Companion - Couverture souple

Burden, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571166709 ISBN 13 : 9780571166701

Editeur : Faber and Faber, 1995

Synopsis

Henry Purcell has been acknowledged as one of England's greatest composers. Little is known about his life beyond his official appointments and duties, but as a musician he excelled as a servant of the Court, the Church and the theatre, writing odes, welcome songs, sonatas, anthems, service music and incidental music, and a series of operatic extravaganzas which fascinated the public during the 1690s. Surprisingly, the music itself has been little studied, and the contributions here from a range of scholars and performers represent the first new consideration of Purcell's oeuvre for many years.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Burden was Lecturer in Music at New College, Oxford, from 1989, and since1995 has been Fellow in Opera Studies at New College. He is also Dean of New College, and director of New Chamber Opera. His research interests are centred on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music, particularly English opera, twentieth-century music theatre.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber and Faber
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571166709
• ISBN 13: 9780571166701
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible