Author: Percy Wenrich
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
Author: Ellen T. Harris
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190861444
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Purcell's Dido and Aeneas stands as the greatest operatic achievement of seventeenth-century England, and yet, despite its global renown, it remains cloaked in mystery. The date and place of its first performance cannot be fixed with precision, and the absolute accuracy of the surviving scores, which date from almost 100 years after the work was written, cannot be assumed. In this thirtieth-anniversary new edition of her book, Ellen Harris closely examines the many theories that have been proposed for the opera's origin and chronology, considering the opera both as political allegory and as a positive exemplar for young women. Her study explores the work's historical position in the Restoration theater, revealing its roots in seventeenth-century English theatrical and musical traditions, and carefully evaluates the surviving sources for the various readings they offer-of line designations in the text (who sings what), the vocal ranges of the soloists, the use of dance and chorus, and overall layout. It goes on to provide substantive analysis of Purcell's musical declamation and use of ground bass. In tracing the performance history of Dido and Aeneas, Harris presents an in-depth examination of the adaptations made by the Academy of Ancient Music at the end of the eighteenth century based on the surviving manuscripts. She then follows the growing interest in the creation of an “authentic” version in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through published editions and performance reviews, and considers the opera as an important factor in the so-called English Musical Renaissance. To a significant degree, the continuing fascination with Purcell's Dido and Aeneas rests on its apparent mutability, and Harris shows this has been inherent in the opera effectively from its origin.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190861444
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Purcell's Dido and Aeneas stands as the greatest operatic achievement of seventeenth-century England, and yet, despite its global renown, it remains cloaked in mystery. The date and place of its first performance cannot be fixed with precision, and the absolute accuracy of the surviving scores, which date from almost 100 years after the work was written, cannot be assumed. In this thirtieth-anniversary new edition of her book, Ellen Harris closely examines the many theories that have been proposed for the opera's origin and chronology, considering the opera both as political allegory and as a positive exemplar for young women. Her study explores the work's historical position in the Restoration theater, revealing its roots in seventeenth-century English theatrical and musical traditions, and carefully evaluates the surviving sources for the various readings they offer-of line designations in the text (who sings what), the vocal ranges of the soloists, the use of dance and chorus, and overall layout. It goes on to provide substantive analysis of Purcell's musical declamation and use of ground bass. In tracing the performance history of Dido and Aeneas, Harris presents an in-depth examination of the adaptations made by the Academy of Ancient Music at the end of the eighteenth century based on the surviving manuscripts. She then follows the growing interest in the creation of an “authentic” version in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through published editions and performance reviews, and considers the opera as an important factor in the so-called English Musical Renaissance. To a significant degree, the continuing fascination with Purcell's Dido and Aeneas rests on its apparent mutability, and Harris shows this has been inherent in the opera effectively from its origin.
The Delineator
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Category : Dressmaking
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Category : Dressmaking
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Footprints of the Dance: An Early Seventeenth-Century Dance Master’s Notebook
Author: Jennifer Nevile
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004377735
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Jennifer Nevile provides new, fascinating and detailed information on the life of an early-seventeenth-century dance master. The handwritten notebook contains unique material which is reproduced in facsimile, together with transcriptions and translations.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004377735
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Jennifer Nevile provides new, fascinating and detailed information on the life of an early-seventeenth-century dance master. The handwritten notebook contains unique material which is reproduced in facsimile, together with transcriptions and translations.
Works
Author: Ben Jonson
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Languages : en
Pages : 934
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Languages : en
Pages : 934
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The Works of Ben Jonson
Author: Ben Jonson
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Masques at court. Epigrams. The forest. Underwoods, consisting of divers poems
Author: Ben Jonson
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Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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The Works
Author: Ben Jonson
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Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Languages : en
Pages : 480
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The Works of Ben. Jonson: Masques at court. Epigrams. The forest. Underwoods, consisting of divers poems
Author: Ben Jonson
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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The Works: with Notes Critical and Explanatory and a Biographical Memoir
Author: Benjamin Jonson
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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The Works of Ben Jonson: Masques [continued
Author: Ben Jonson
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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