Compositional artifice in the music of Henry Purcell:

Fugal invention has proved a successful line of analytical inquiry in recent studies of repertoires from Josquin to J. S. Bach. Alan Howard brings similar insights to the music of Henry Purcell, and proposes the first analytical approach to his music to examine compositional methods alongside histor...

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Main Author: Howard, Alan 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2020
Series:Musical performance and reception
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139030458
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139030458
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139030458
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139030458
Summary:Fugal invention has proved a successful line of analytical inquiry in recent studies of repertoires from Josquin to J. S. Bach. Alan Howard brings similar insights to the music of Henry Purcell, and proposes the first analytical approach to his music to examine compositional methods alongside historically contemporary theory, focusing particularly on Purcell's 'artificial' approach to imitative counterpoint. Through this methodology Howard challenges previous responses to Purcell's music that portrayed him as fundamentally conservative. This study offers fresh insights into the musical world in which Purcell lived and worked and situates Purcell's compositional concerns in the broader context of notions of artifice in Restoration culture. Howard thereby offers both a fresh analytical approach - to Purcell's early instrumental works and to his later concerted vocal music - and a critique of the reception history surrounding the fantazias and sonatas in particular
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 292 Seiten)
ISBN:9781139030458
DOI:10.1017/9781139030458

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