Henry Purcell
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Henry Purcell

His Life and Times

  1. 512 pages
  2. English
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eBook - PDF

Henry Purcell

His Life and Times

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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 Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Year
2016
ISBN
9781512809091
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface to the First Edition and an Explanation
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Preface to the Second, Revised Edition
  5. A Postscript to the First Edition
  6. Abbreviations
  7. 1. The Purcells of Westminster
  8. 2. Boyhood
  9. 3. Apprenticeship
  10. 4. Professional Debut
  11. 5. Music and Restoration Politics
  12. 6. Fantasia Year
  13. 7. Tory Composer
  14. 8. London's Music at the End of the Reign of Charles II
  15. 9. Music and Theater in London (Part 1)
  16. 10. Music Under James II and Mary of Modena
  17. 11. Music and the Glorious Revolution
  18. 12. Musical Life Under William and Mary
  19. 13. A Royal Excursion Abroad
  20. 14. Music and Theater in London (Part 2)
  21. 15. Purcell as Composer for Church, Court, Concert Hall, and Theater
  22. 16. The End of an Era
  23. APPENDIX ONE. Documents
  24. APPENDIX TWO. Henry Purcell's Origins: A Genealogical Puzzle
  25. APPENDIX THREE. Iconography: Purcell Portraiture
  26. Notes
  27. Bibliography
  28. Index