Bryan White

Music for St Cecilia's Day: From Purcell to Handel

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Produktbeschreibung

In 1683 English court musicians and the Musical Society of London joined forces to celebrate St Cecilia's Day (22 November) with a feast and the performance of specially composed music. The most prominent composers and poets of the age wrote for these occasions, including Henry Purcell, John Blow, John Dryden and William Congreve.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: BOYDELL PR
• Seitenzahl: 399
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 735g
• ISBN-13: 9781783273478
• ISBN-10: 178327347X
• Artikelnr.: 54034157

Autorenporträt

BRYAN WHITE is Senior Lecturer and Director of Research at the School of Music, University of Leeds.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Rise and Fall of the London Cecilian Feasts 1683-1700 'A
Splendid Entertainment': The Musical Society and the Organization of the
Cecilian Feast The London Odes 1683-1700 'Church-Musick Vindicated':
Services for St Cecilia's Day Provincial Celebrations of St Cecilia's Day
Cecilian Music in London after 1700 Bibliography