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Henry Purcell : His Life and Times / Franklin B. Zimmerman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Anniversary CollectionPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©1983Edition: Reprint 2016Description: 1 online resource (512 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812278699
  • 9781512809091
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780/.92/4 19
LOC classification:
  • ML410.P93 Z5 1983
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the First Edition and an Explanation -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the Second, Revised Edition -- A Postscript to the First Edition -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Purcells of Westminster -- 2. Boyhood -- 3. Apprenticeship -- 4. Professional Debut -- 5. Music and Restoration Politics -- 6. Fantasia Year -- 7. Tory Composer -- 8. London's Music at the End of the Reign of Charles II -- 9. Music and Theater in London (Part 1) -- 10. Music Under James II and Mary of Modena -- 11. Music and the Glorious Revolution -- 12. Musical Life Under William and Mary -- 13. A Royal Excursion Abroad -- 14. Music and Theater in London (Part 2) -- 15. Purcell as Composer for Church, Court, Concert Hall, and Theater -- 16. The End of an Era -- APPENDIX ONE. Documents -- APPENDIX TWO. Henry Purcell's Origins: A Genealogical Puzzle -- APPENDIX THREE. Iconography: Purcell Portraiture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the First Edition and an Explanation -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the Second, Revised Edition -- A Postscript to the First Edition -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Purcells of Westminster -- 2. Boyhood -- 3. Apprenticeship -- 4. Professional Debut -- 5. Music and Restoration Politics -- 6. Fantasia Year -- 7. Tory Composer -- 8. London's Music at the End of the Reign of Charles II -- 9. Music and Theater in London (Part 1) -- 10. Music Under James II and Mary of Modena -- 11. Music and the Glorious Revolution -- 12. Musical Life Under William and Mary -- 13. A Royal Excursion Abroad -- 14. Music and Theater in London (Part 2) -- 15. Purcell as Composer for Church, Court, Concert Hall, and Theater -- 16. The End of an Era -- APPENDIX ONE. Documents -- APPENDIX TWO. Henry Purcell's Origins: A Genealogical Puzzle -- APPENDIX THREE. Iconography: Purcell Portraiture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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