Performing the Music of Henry Purcell

Performing the Music of Henry Purcell by Michael Burden

This book, published to coincide with the tercentenary of Purcell's death, is the first to be devoted to the performance of his music. The contributors--all leading scholars and performers--deal with issues of performance practice relating both to playing the music and staging the operas.

the papers are a valuable record, particularly now that they have been worked up.. the book worthily commemorates the Purcell tercentenary ... Michael Burden is to be congratulated not only on organizing the conference but also for recruiting such a distinguished group of scholars and seeing their work through the press on top of everything else he has recently done. * Ian Spink, Music & Letters 78 *
Michael Burden is to be congratulated on drawing together a scholarly and eclectic collection and editing it into a coherent volume. The plates, all supporting essays on dramatick opera, are well chosen ... the book is generally well produced and its contents will undoubtedly make a significant contribution to academic literature for years to come. Robert Thompson, Early Music, November 1996

He is the author of Arne, Garrick and the Masque of `Alfred' (1994); Purcell Remembered (1995); The Purcell Companion (1994), and the forthcoming Henry Purcell's Operas: the complete texts (OUP), and A Woman Scorn'd: the myth of Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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ISBN 13	9780198164425
ISBN 10	0198164424
Title	Performing the Music of Henry Purcell
Author	Michael Burden
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1996-04-18
Number of pages	320
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