Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Clarendon Paperbacks
ISBN-10
0193152525
ISBN-13
9780193152526
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Clarendon Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 23rd, 1989
Print length
196 Pages
Weight
292 grams
Dimensions
22.50 x 14.10 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
OperaLiterature: history & criticism
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This detailed study examines the operatic work's historical position in the Restoration theatre, and shows that, far from being an operatic anomaly, it was deeply rooted in 17th century English theatrical and musical traditions.
Purcell''s Dido and Aeneas stands as the greatest operatic achievement of seventeenth-century England. Ellen Harris''s comprehensive study examines the work in its historical and cultural context, with detailed coverage of contemporary performance practice and of the work''s performance history and critical reception. The author examines the various surviving sources - all of which postdate the first performance by at least 80 years - and discusses their inconsistencies with Nahum Tate''s original libretto. A useful reference section includes a critical discography and appendices charting a historical survey of national premieres and of editions.
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