Compositional Artifice in the Music of Henry Purcell

by Alan Howard

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110700666X
• ISBN13: 9781107006669
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 10.0"