A Purcell Anthology

ISBN-13: 9780193533516 / Angielski / Nuty / 1995 / 112 str.

Purcell; Bruce Wood; Henry Purcell

Opis

This is the first anthology to contain all Purcell's most popular anthems. It covers the whole range of full, verse, and symphony anthems, including such famous pieces as the Funeral Sentences, Rejoice in the Lord alway and Hear my Prayer. The collection comprises entirely new and specially prepared editions, with fully realized organ parts and easily playable score reductions of the anthems with strings. Any choir that cares about giving first-class performances will find the selection of pieces, the immaculate editing, and the authoritative information on performance practice indispensable.

Recenzje

This is a marvelous help to us all ... Definitely buy a copy for your library.

O autorze

Purcell was the outstanding musician and composer of his time in Britain. Like other seventeenth-century musicians, Purcell's career began in the church, first as a chorister at the Chapel Royal, then as organist at Westminster Abbey composing anthems. At court he enjoyed the favour of successive monarchs composing odes on special occasions, but his works for Mary II are the best known, composed when Purcell was reaching the height of his powers, just before his premature death.