The Fairy Queen In Full Score

The Fairy Queen In Full Score
Author: Henry Purcell
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486411907

Based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and reproduced from an early authoritative score, this work features all the fine qualities of this great English composer — wonderful invention, keen dramatic instinct, and lively characterizations.

The Fairy Queen

The Fairy Queen
Author: Henry Purcell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2014-05-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107634121

First published in 1931, this book presents the text of Thomas Purcell's opera The Fairy Queen, which was performed in this form as an acted adaptation at the New Theatre, Cambridge from 10-14 February 1931. Purcell based his opera on A Midsummer Night's Dream and this version was altered to incorporate more dialogue from Shakespeare's play in place of changes made by an anonymous librettist in 1692. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Purcell and Shakespeare.

Imogen Holst

Imogen Holst
Author: Christopher Grogan
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1843835991

Extensively revised with new material, the book also includes a study of Imogen Hoist's music and a chronological list of her works, revealing her as a composer of tremendous talent, whose music deserves to be much more familiar.