still a spanking good introduction for the general reader...It is the vividness of the language which sticks in our minds as a monument to a more prosaic age or the advantages of a classical education. --The Musical Times
Jack Westrup had already garnered most of what it seems we are ever likely to know about Purcell's life; he had a detailed grasp of the 17th-century background and decided views on Purcell's work itself --BBC Music Magazine
invaluable for students and music enthusiasts alike --Composer
classic study of the life and works of Henry Purcell... a useful tool for the dancer --Historical Dance
Holman...provides essential information, missing elsewhere, about how Purcell's music was performed. --The Times Literary Supplement
still a spanking good introduction for the general reader...It is the vividness of the language which sticks in our minds as a monument to a more prosaic age or the advantages of a classical education. --The Musical Times
Jack Westrup had already garnered most of what it seems we are ever likely to know about Purcell's life; he had a detailed grasp of the 17th-century background and decided views on Purcell's work itself --BBC Music Magazine
invaluable for students and music enthusiasts alike --Composer
classic study of the life and works of Henry Purcell... a useful tool for the dancer --Historical Dance
Holman...provides essential information, missing elsewhere, about how Purcell's music was performed. --The Times Literary Supplement
still a spanking good introduction for the general reader...It is the vividness of the language which sticks in our minds as a monument to a more prosaic age or the advantages of a classical education. --The Musical Times
Jack Westrup had already garnered most of what it seems we are ever likely to know about Purcell's life; he had a detailed grasp of the 17th-century background and decided views on Purcell's work itself --BBC Music Magazine
invaluable for students and music enthusiasts alike --Composer
classic study of the life and works of Henry Purcell... a useful tool for the dancer --Historical Dance
Holman...provides essential information, missing elsewhere, about how Purcell's music was performed. --The Times Literary Supplement
still a spanking good introduction for the general reader...It is the vividness of the language which sticks in our minds as a monument to a more prosaic age or the advantages of a classical education. --The Musical Times
Jack Westrup had already garnered most of what it seems we are ever likely to know about Purcell's life; he had a detailed grasp of the 17th-century background and decided views on Purcell's work itself --BBC Music Magazine
invaluable for students and music enthusiasts alike --Composer
classic study of the life and works of Henry Purcell... a useful tool for the dancer --Historical Dance
Holman...provides essential information, missing elsewhere, about how Purcell's music was performed. --The Times Literary Supplement
still a spanking good introduction for the general reader...It is the vividness of the language which sticks in our minds as a monument to a more prosaic age or the advantages of a classical education. --The Musical Times
Jack Westrup had already garnered most of what it seems we are ever likely to know about Purcell's life; he had a detailed grasp of the 17th-century background and decided views on Purcell's work itself --BBC Music Magazine
invaluable for students and music enthusiasts alike --Composer
classic study of the life and works of Henry Purcell... a useful tool for the dancer --Historical Dance
Holman...provides essential information, missing elsewhere, about how Purcell's music was performed. --The Times Literary Supplement