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Henry Purcell: Fantazias

John Holloway

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Minuet and Bourr?e

Minuet and Bourr?e are two of nine dances, written for the stage, from Purcell's 1679 stage work, Good Luck at Last," and have been delightfully arranged for your string orchestra…

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Minuet and Bourr?e

Minuet and Bourr?e are two of nine dances, written for the stage, from Purcell's 1679 stage work, Good Luck at Last," and have been delightfully arranged for your string orchestra…

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The Drover’s Wife

Leah Purcell

Tarantino meets Deadwood in this full-throttle drama of our colonial past. Henry Lawson’s story of the Drover’s Wife pits the stoic silhouette of a woman against the unforgiving Australian landscape…

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Performing the Music of Henry Purcell

This book is devoted to performing Henry Purcell’s music. It deals with issues of performance practice relating both to playing the music and staging the operas. The wide range of…

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Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

Ellen Harris (Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus, Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus, MIT)

In this thirtieth-anniversary new edition of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Ellen Harris provides a detailed consideration of the many theories that have been proposed for the opera’s origin and…

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Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

Ellen Harris (Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus, Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus, MIT)

In this thirtieth-anniversary new edition of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Ellen Harris provides a detailed consideration of the many theories that have been proposed for the opera’s origin and…

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Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

Ellen T. Harris (Chairman of the Music Department and Professor of Music, Chairman of the Music Department and Professor of Music, University of Chicago)

This detailed study examines the operatic work’s historical position in the Restoration theatre, and shows that, far from being an operatic anomaly, it was deeply rooted in 17th century English…

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Henry Purcell and the London Stage

C. A. Price

This book was the first comprehensive survey of Purcell’s dramatic music. It is concerned as much with the London theatre world - playhouses, poets, actors, singers, producers - as with…

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Fantasia 7 after Henry Purcell

In George Benjamin’s masterful transcription of Henry Purcell’s Fantazia No.7 (19 June 1680) the music is transposed up a fifth into G minor; otherwise not a note is altered. To…

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Henry Purcell: His Life and Times

Franklin B. Zimmerman

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn…

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell

Provides a review of the research into Purcell and the world of Restoration music, with contributions from leading experts in the field. This title allows the reader to develop a…

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell

Provides a review of the research into Purcell and the world of Restoration music, with contributions from leading experts in the field. This title allows the reader to develop a…

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The Sonatas of Henry Purcell: Rhetoric and Reversal

Alon Schab

This pathbreaking study reveals Purcell’s extensive use of symmetry and reversal in his much-loved trio sonatas, and shows how these hidden structural processes make his music multilayered and appealing.

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Henry Purcell’s Operas: The Complete Texts

This volume presents to the reader the complete entertainment of Henry Purcell’s operas as prepared by the author on each occasion. Included are editions of both the 1689 libretto of…

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Compositional Artifice in the Music of Henry Purcell

Alan Howard (Dr, Selwyn College, Cambridge)

Addressing established scholars and advanced students of Purcell, this book proposes the first analytical approach to Purcell’s music to be based on examination of his compositional methods alongside historically contemporary…

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The Harpsichord Master

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Abdelazer

The parts to Henry Purcell’s Abdelazer for string ensemble.

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The Double Dealer: (score)

The Double Dealer

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Celebrate this festival (score)

Purcell composed six of his finest odes to honour the birthdays of Queen Mary in successive years from 1689. Celebrate this festival (1693) contains writing on all scales, from eloquent…

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Works; Volume 6

Henry Purcell

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public…

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The Music in Dryden’s King Arthur

Henry Purcell

The Music in Dryden’s King Arthur is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research…

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In Nomine II

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Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of the Choicest Songs, for one, two, and Three Voices. Compos’d by Mr. Henry Purcell. Together, With Such Symphonies for Violins or Flutes

Henry Purcell

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs. For one, two, and Three Voices, Compos’d by Mr. Henry Purcell. Together, With Such Symphonies for Violins or Flutes

Henry Purcell

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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Works; Volume 6

Henry Purcell

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public…

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Orpheus Britannicus. a Collection of the Choicest Songs, for One, Two, and Three Voices. Compos’d by Mr. Henry Purcell. Together, with Such Symphonies for Violins or Flutes

Henry Purcell

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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Orpheus Britannicus. a Collection of All the Choicest Songs. for One, Two, and Three Voices, Compos’d by Mr. Henry Purcell. Together, with Such Symphonies for Violins or Flutes

Henry Purcell

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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12 Sonatas in Three Parts No. 1-6: Nos. 1-6

(Schott). 2 violins, cello, and basso continuo.

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Te Deum in D

A Choral Worship Cantata in SATB with SATB Soli voicing, composed by Henry Purcell.

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The Fairy Queen: An Opera

Henry Purcell

First published in 1931, this book presents the text of Thomas Purcell’s opera The Fairy Queen, which was performed in this form as an acted adaptation at the New Theatre…

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The Music in The Tempest; Composed by Mr. Henry Purcell

Anonymous

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Henry Purcell: Ode On St Cecilia’s Day

(Music Sales America). For SAATBB soli, SSAATB chorus and instruments. Edited by Peter Dennison. This vocal score includes a piano reduction of the instrumental score.

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The Music in the Tempest; Composed by Mr. Henry Purcell.

William Shakespeare

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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Six Songs by Henry Purcell, Selected from the Orpheus Britannicus (1901)

Henry Purcell

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Chacony

Chacony: Recorder

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Sonata in B Minor

A Violin duet with piano accompaniment, composed by Henry Purcell.

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The Double Dealer

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In Nomine I: Score

In Nomine I (recorder ensemble)

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Come, Ye Sons of Art: Full Score

Purcell composed six of his finest odes to honor the birthdays of Queen Mary in successive years from 1689. Come, Ye Sons of Art (1694) followed recent stage successes and…

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King Arthur (the British Worthy): English Language Edition, Vocal Score

EARLY SOCIAL CUSTOMS. Imagine holding history in your hands. Now you can. Digitally preserved and previously accessible only through libraries as Early English Books Online, this rare material is now…

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Sweeter Than Roses Songs By Henry Purcell

Dennis Anna Sounds Baroque Julian Perkins

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Henry Purcell: The Origins and Development of his Musical Style

Martin Adams (Trinity College, Dublin)

This is the first book thoroughly to explore the musical style of Henry Purcell. In this comprehensive study, Martin Adams identifies music by other composers, both within England and from…

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Purcell Fairy Queen

Pinchgut Opera

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Son Of England Music By Henry Purcell And Jeremiah Clarke

Dumestre Vincent Le Poeme Harmonique

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The Glory of the Temple and the Stage: Henry Purcell 1659-1695

Robert J. Thompson

Written to accompany the Tercentenery exhibition at The British Library to commemorate the death of the composer Henry Purcell, this study provides insight into his attitudes, interests and working practices…

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Henry Purcell: TE Deum Laudamus and Jubilate Deo in D

(Music Sales America). Both Te Deum and Jubilate Deo were first performed on St. Cecilia’s Day 1694 in St Bride’s Church, London. They were subsequently adopted for use on all…

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