Format : Sheet music
King Arthur (Arr. Laurie)-King Arthur was the only one of Purcell's professionally produced operas to have been designed as a semi-opera; the others were all adaptations of earlier plays. Dryden made a real attempt to integrate the music into the drama but since he ascribed to the dramatic conventions of the period which virtually confined music to allegorical or supernatural beings and thier worshippers or servants shepherds and similar characters the main action mostly occurs in the spoken sections and even the two singing characters Philidel and Grimbald speak more than they sing.
SKU: HL.14006275
ISBN 9780711986237. UPC: 884088435141. 7.75x11 inches.
The first complete volume of Henry Purcell's Catches to appear in Purcell Society Edition since 1922. The new edition lays particular emphasis on accuracy and performance and includes a comprehensive commentary. Cloth edition available: NOV151103-01.
SKU: HL.14004448
ISBN 9780853607267. UPC: 884088529789. 7.75x11.25 inches.
A beautifully bound hardback edition of this score, Volume 11 in the Purcell Society series. Edited under the supervision of the Purcell Society by Bruce Wood. Vocal scores and instrumental parts of each of the three works in this volume are available on hire from the publishers. Soft cover edition available: NOV151011.
SKU: HL.14013792
Henry Purcell's O Sing Unto The Lord for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment, edited by Lionel Pike. String parts are also shown in this score.
This is the version from the Purcell Society volume 17 Sacred Music Part III.
SKU: HL.14011053
UPC: 884088433604. 7.75x11.0x0.43 inches.
Purcell Society Volume 31. Full Score.
SKU: HL.14026360
8.5x11.75x0.194 inches.
Extracted from the Purcell Society Dramatic Works Edition (NOV950122), this dramatic duet is for Alto and Bass voices. Part of Purcell's incidental music to Thomas D'Urfey's play A Comical History of Don Quixote, (written 1694).
SKU: HL.14026366
ISBN 9781846092114.
A highly authoritative and accurate edition of Henry Purcell's Duets, Dialogues and Trios, which have not been published since the Purcell Society edition in 1922. The new edition lays particular emphasis on accuracy and performance and includes a comprehensive commentary. This edition has been edited, under the supervision of the Purcell Society, by Ian Spink.
SKU: CA.1025000
ISBN 9790007251826. Key: D major. English.
â??Hail! bright Cecilia, hail to thee. Great patroness of us and harmony!â? â?? this exclamation opens the final chorus of Henry Purcellâ??s eponymous Ode to St. Cecilia from 1692. A paean to the power of music, the work is one of the undoubted masterpieces of English choral odes of that time. A resolution of the Musical Society of London in 1683 launched the great tradition of annual celebrations for St. Ceciliaâ??s Day (November 22), featuring a church service followed by performances of specially composed music. Over the years, Purcell wrote several odes for the occasion, of which this example from 1692 is one of the most popular. Four decades later, Handel would also contribute to the celebrations with his Alexanderâ??s Feast, HWV 75 (Carus 55.075), and his Ode for St. Ceciliaâ??s Day, HWV 76 (Carus 55.076).Purcellâ??s magnificent music, which features a huge range of tonal color and form, offers delightful parts for a variety of solo, ensemble, and choral settings. With its richly expressive palette, the Ode to St. Cecilia is an extremely rewarding work by the â??Orpheus Britannicusâ?, as Purcell was admiringly called by contemporaries.- Festive, rousing ode to music- Highlight of the choral ode genre in the 17th century
SKU: CA.1025014
ISBN 9790007329792. Key: D major. English.
�Hail! bright Cecilia, hail to thee. Great patroness of us and harmony!� � this exclamation opens the final chorus of Henry Purcell�s eponymous Ode to St. Cecilia from 1692. A paean to the power of music, the work is one of the undoubted masterpieces of English choral odes of that time. A resolution of the Musical Society of London in 1683 launched the great tradition of annual celebrations for St. Cecilia�s Day (November 22), featuring a church service followed by performances of specially composed music. Over the years, Purcell wrote several odes for the occasion, of which this example from 1692 is one of the most popular. Four decades later, Handel would also contribute to the celebrations with his Alexander�s Feast, HWV 75 (Carus 55.075), and his Ode for St. Cecilia�s Day, HWV 76 (Carus 55.076).Purcell�s magnificent music, which features a huge range of tonal color and form, offers delightful parts for a variety of solo, ensemble, and choral settings. With its richly expressive palette, the Ode to St. Cecilia is an extremely rewarding work by the �Orpheus Britannicus�, as Purcell was admiringly called by contemporaries.- Festive, rousing ode to music- Highlight of the choral ode genre in the 17th century. Score and part available separately - see item CA.1025000.
