Ellen Harris (Class of 1949 Profe Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus

Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 chronology, a detailed reexamination of the musical sources, and a comprehensive performance history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 163mm x 244mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9780190271664
• Artikelnr.: 48852535

Inhaltsangabe

* Contents
* List of Plates
* I. Background to the Music
* Introduction to Part I
* 1. Synopsis: Literary and Textual Antecedents
* 2. Premiere: Place, Date, and Meaning
* II. The Music
* Introduction to Part II
* 3. The Tenbury Manuscript: Discrepancies and Omissions
* 4. Musical and Dramatic Structure
* 5. Musical Declamation
* 6. Ground Bass Techniques
* III. Performance History
* Introduction to Part III
* 7. The Late Eighteenth Century: Revival and Adaptation
* 8. The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century: Scholarly Editions and
Added Accompaniments
* 9. Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Interpretations: The Early
Music Movement and Postmodernism
* Bibliography