Opera-A London theatre-goer attending the first performance of Purcell's opera in May 1692 may have expected to see a new and exciting production in which he was promised that the composer 'Mr Purcell [...] joyns Delicacy and Beauty of the Italian way [with] the Graces and Gayety of the French'. Not only would there have been music to attract the ear but the eye too would have been entertained as each successive scene unfolds with a brilliant theatrical transformation. The present edition of Purcell's operatic masterpiece offers the first ever complete and ordered publication of any of Purcell's operas with the inclusion of the complete and performable musical and spoken text insequential order.The editor Michael Burden is Fellow and Dean of New College Oxford University Reader in Opera Studies and Director of New Chamber Opera. His other publications include Performing the Music of Henry Purcell (OUP 1996) and Henry Purcell's Operas: The Complete Texts (OUP 2000).
SKU: HL.14011322
ISBN 9780853606246. 8.5x11.0x0.26 inches.
Fifteen Songs And Airs for Contralto or Baritone with piano accompaniment. Edited by Gerald Cooper.
SKU: HL.14011323
ISBN 9780853604174. 8.5x11.0x0.262 inches.
This volume for High voice. Edited by Gerald Cooper.
SKU: HL.14010823
ISBN 9781844494026. 7.75x11.0x0.718 inches.
Purcell Society Edition No.12. The Fairy Queen In Full Score. The drama adapted from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The work may be perfomed with a minimum of five soloists: Soprano I, Soprano II, Alto or countertenor, or Tenor, Tenor, Bass. The orchestral scoring consists of two recorders, two oboes, two trumpets, timpani, strings and continuo. Orchestral parts are available for hire from the publisher. Vocal Score available for sale.
SKU: HL.14011325
ISBN 9780853608189. 8.5x11.0x0.17 inches.
Edited for Contralto or Tenor Voice by Gerald Cooper.
SKU: HL.14011324
ISBN 9780853603399. 8.5x11.75x0.175 inches.
Edited by Gerald Cooper.
SKU: KN.09291S
UPC: 822795092912.
This selection represents some of Henry Purcell's finest work and is delightful with its emphasis on a light marcato stroke that flows easily at an allegretto tempo. The key of G major fits naturally under the fingers for young string students, and the bass part has been simplified in a few places to more accurately match the technical abilities of developing students. Duration 1:30. Available in SmartMusic.
SKU: ST.PE12
ISBN 9790220222474.
Pres ented in a highly praised new production by Glyndebourne Opera in 2009, this edition of Purcell's third semi-opera, The Fairy Queen, offers a new and definitive version of words and music prepared by two leading scholars in the field. The playtext, anonymously adapted from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, is printed in full, and the role of the various sources, and the relationship of the manuscript theatre score to the printed word-books of 1692 and 1693, are thoroughly reappraised. The other sources include music manuscripts which have not previously been examined, and which prove to have a significant bearing on the musical text. Full account is taken of the varied instrumental resources and conventions accessible to the Restoration composer, reflected in the multi-purpose performing material for the edition which is available for rental (HL390).
SKU: HL.49002271
ISBN 9790220100956. UPC: 073999591743. 9.0x12.0x0.097 inches.
2 or 3 recorders and piano.