Celestial Music Did the Gods Inspire
Author: Henry Purcell
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jonathan Keates
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781555532871
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHenry Purcell (1659-1695) is the greatest of all English composers and a pivotal figure in European musical history. In this rich and colorful biography, Jonathan Keates deftly traces Purcell's life and artistry against the backdrop of the turbulent political, religious, theatrical, and social movements of his time. Purcell's musical genius both embraced and transcended the variable moods and tensions of Restoration England, and gave the period and the culture an unforgettable voice. With great skill and historical understanding, Keates follows Purcell through his extraordinarily prolific career, from chorister at the Chapel Royal, to composer for the theater and the court, to writer of sacred music, chamber music, and the triumphant Dido and Aeneas, the first British opera. Keates considers Purcell's musical studies with Pelham Humfrey and John Blow as well as his adaptation of Matthew Locke's innovative and colorful style. He provides a superb critical appreciation of Purcell's music in all its forms. Keates also discusses the musical history of the period, including the influence of French and Italian composers, whose music blended with and modified native traditions.
Author: Curtis Price
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995-09-14
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780521441742
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe tercentenary of Henry Purcell's death fell in 1995, and this 1995 volume of specially commissioned essays was collected to celebrate Purcell's music in his tercentenary year. The essays are representative of the best research and deal mainly with the autograph manuscripts, Purcell's compositional technique, the relationship between Purcell and his teacher John Blow, a reassessment of Purcell court odes, performance practice and wordsetting, and eighteenth-century reception history, particularly regarding King Arthur. The volume is well illustrated with music examples and photographs of important manuscripts. It also analyses Purcell's compositional techniques through detailed study of his manuscripts and reports on the discovery of two important autograph manuscripts. The book opens with an assessment of Purcell's illusive personality.
Author: Charles Burney
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Published: 1789
Total Pages: 672
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul Griffiths
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2004-10-07
Total Pages: 1400
ISBN-13: 0141909765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis superbly authoratitive new work provides a comprehensive A-Z guide to some 1000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a vast range of composers, as well as looking at such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Throught Griffiths skilfully blends lightly worn scholarship with personal insight, whether examining the emotional colouring that different musical keys achieve or charting the rise and development of the symphony.
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Published: 1789
Total Pages: 680
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Greenhalgh
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: George J. Buelow
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2004-11-23
Total Pages: 732
ISBN-13: 9780253343659
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A History of Baroque Music is a detailed treatment of the music of the Baroque era, with particular focus on the seventeenth century. The author's approach is a history of musical style with an emphasis on musical scores. The book is divided initially by time period into early and later Baroque (1600-1700 and 1700-1750 respectively), and secondarily by country and composer. An introductory chapter discusses stylistic continuity with the late Renaissance and examines the etymology of the term "Baroque." The concluding chapter on the composer Telemann addresses the stylistic shift that led to the end of the Baroque and the transition into the Classical period."--Jacket.
Author: William Bingley
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Published: 1814
Total Pages: 444
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Published: 1834
Total Pages: 426
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