Purcell (Master Musician S.)

Purcell (Master Musician S.)

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Synopsis

In this classic study, reissued on the 300th anniversary of Purcell's death, Sir Jack Westrup drew on documentary evidence from the Court, Westminster Abbey, and other sources to give a vivid account of Purcell's life in seventeenth-century London. The range of Purcell's compositions is also fully covered, from small-scale pieces to music for state occasions and works for the Restoration stage.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 340
Edition: Revised
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 30 Mar 1995

ISBN 10: 0198165463
ISBN 13: 9780198165460
Book Overview: Reissued to commemorate to Purcell tercentenary.

Media Reviews
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


Author Bio

Sir Jack Westrup, who died in 1975, was Professor of Music at Oxford University from 1947 to 1971. He was knighted in 1961.