The Music Of The Fairy Queen
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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, A Semi-Opera in Five Acts
| Author | : Henry Purcell |
| Publisher | : Alfred Music |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 1999-08-26 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9781457484834 |
"The Fairy Queen" was first performed in 1692, and was repeated in the following year. For the revival in 1693 Purcell added all the music of Act I., and the two songs, "Ye gentle spirits of the air" (No. 24) and "The Plaint" (No. 43). The Opera was adapted from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," but Purcell did not set a single line of Shakespeare's play to music. The play was considerably curtailed, many lines altered, and some Scenes rearranged; in this mutilated version it was acted, not sung. At the end of each Act some pretext is found for introducing a musical entertainment which has little or nothing to do with the play. Purcell's music, composed towards the end of his short career, includes some of his best work, and shows strong Italian influence.
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.
