Henry Purcell's operas : the complete texts / edited by Michael Burden.
| Author/creator |
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695 |
| Other author/creator | Burden, Michael, 1960- editor. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2000] |
| Description | xvi, 528 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Uniform title | Operas. Librettos |
| Contents | Aspects of Purcell's operas / Michael Burden. Dramatick opera ; Thomas Betterton ; Nature of spectacle and stage ; Masque ; Musical layout of dramatick opera ; Music and magic ; The singer actor and the actor singer -- The playbooks. 'From Rosy Bowers': coming to Purcell the bibliographical way / Andrew Pinnock. Seventeenth-century book production ; Provenance, character, and quality of the printer's copy ; The individual operas. Dido and Aeneas ; The Prophetess: or, the history of Dioclesian ; King Arthur: or, the British worthy ; The Fairy-Queen: an opera ; The Indian Queen ; The loves of Dido and Aeneas in measure for measure ; Editorial principles -- Dido and Aeneas with The Loves of Dido and Aeneas in Measure for Measure / Irena Cholij -- The Prophetess: or, the History of Dioclesian / Julia Muller -- King Arthur; or, the British worthy / H. Neville Davies -- The Fairy-Queen: an opera / Roger Savage -- The Indian Queen / Julia K. Wood -- Appendix. The song tests with music by Purcell / Timothy Morris. Dido and Aeneas ; Dioclesian ; King Arthur ; The Fairy-Queen ; The Indian Queen. |
| Abstract | This volume is the first ever collection of Henry Purcell's opera texts. The much neglected 'dramatick operas' or 'semi-operas' are here edited in entirety, alongside Purcell's famous all-sung work, Dido and Aeneas, in both its 1689 form and its 1700 adaptation as a series of masques in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. Each opera has a short introduction explaining the circumstances of the composition of the work and the sources of the opera text. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-528). |
| LCCN | 98033457 |
| ISBN | 0198164459 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML49.P8 B87 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |