Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
- Author: Harris, Ellen
The first edition is a fine study, but the renewal of interest in both scholarship and performance of Purcell's works in general and of Dido and Aeneas in particular make the second edition a... — More…
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Contents
- Contents
- List of Plates
- I. Background to the Music
- Introduction to Part I
- 1. Synopsis: Literary and Textual Antecedents
- 2. Premiere: Place, Date, and Meaning
- II. The Music
- Introduction to Part II
- 3. The Tenbury Manuscript: Discrepancies and Omissions
- 4. Musical and Dramatic Structure
- 5. Musical Declamation
- 6. Ground Bass Techniques
- III. Performance History
- Introduction to Part III
- 7. The Late Eighteenth Century: Revival and Adaptation
- 8. The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century: Scholarly Editions and Added Accompaniments
- 9. Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Interpretations: The Early Music Movement and Postmodernism
- Bibliography