Henry Purcell and the London Stage

by Curtis Alexander Price

Book Overview

This book was the first comprehensive survey of Purcell's dramatic music. It is concerned as much with the London theatre world - playhouses, poets, actors, singers, producers - as with the music itself. Purcell wrote music for more than fifty plays of various types, most of them produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, between 1690 and 1695. The songs, dialogues, choruses, act tunes and larger musical scenes are often active participants in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521105153
• ISBN13: 9780521105156
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"