Henry Purcell, 1659-1695 : his life and times /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zimmerman, Franklin B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983.
Edition:2nd rev. ed.
Subjects:
Purcell, Henry, > 1659-1695.
Purcell, Henry, > 1659-1695
Purcell, Henry > 1659-1695
Purcell, Henry.
Composers > England > Biography.
Compositeurs > Angleterre > Biographies.
Composers
England
Biography
Biographies
Biografie.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Purcells of Westminster in the early years of the restoration
  • Purcell's boyhood
  • Years of apprenticeship
  • Purcell's professional debut
  • Music on the Restoration political scene
  • Purcell's fantasia year
  • Purcell, Tory composer
  • The London musical scene at the end of the reign of Charles II
  • London's musical and theatrical life under a new monarchy
  • Musical life under the most Catholic of the Stuarts
  • Music and the glorious revolution
  • Musical life under William and Mary
  • A royal excursion abroad
  • Catastrophe in the microcosmos of London's Theatrum mundi
  • Purcell's increasing musical activities in the church, concert hall, court, and theatre
  • A time for mourning.

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