Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Harris, Ellen (Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus, Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus, MIT)

Oxford University Press Inc

12/2017

272

Dura

Inglês

9780190271664

15 a 20 dias

In this thirtieth-anniversary new edition of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Ellen Harris provides a detailed consideration of the many theories that have been proposed for the opera's origin and chronology, a detailed reexamination of the musical sources, and a comprehensive performance history.
Contents List of Plates I. Background to the Music Introduction to Part I 1. Synopsis: Literary and Textual Antecedents 2. Premiere: Place, Date, and Meaning II. The Music Introduction to Part II 3. The Tenbury Manuscript: Discrepancies and Omissions 4. Musical and Dramatic Structure 5. Musical Declamation 6. Ground Bass Techniques III. Performance History Introduction to Part III 7. The Late Eighteenth Century: Revival and Adaptation 8. The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century: Scholarly Editions and Added Accompaniments 9. Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Interpretations: The Early Music Movement and Postmodernism Bibliography
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