Purcell Studies [Paperback]

Essays commemorating the 1995 tercentenary of Purcell's death, representing the best research.This collection of essays marks the tercentenary of Purcell's death in 1995. The essays represent the best recent 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 book contains the first written reports on the discovery of two important autograph manuscripts.This collection of essays marks the tercentenary of Purcell's death in 1995. The essays represent the best recent 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 book contains the first written reports on the discovery of two important autograph manuscripts.This collection of essays marks the tercentenary in 1995 of Purcell's death. The essays represent the best recent 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 book contains the first written reports on the discovery of two important autograph manuscripts.List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction: in search of Purcell's character Curtis Price; 1. Purcell's great autographs Robert Thompson; 2. Purcell as collector of 'ancient' music: Fitzwilliam MS 88 Robert Shay; 3. Purcell's revisions of his own works Rebecca Herissone; 4. New light on Purcell's keyboard mls’