The Fairy Queen
Wood, Bruce and Pinnock, Andrew (eds.) (2009) The Fairy Queen , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, GB, Stainer & Bell, 368pp. (Purcell Society Edition, 12).
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Presented in a highly praised new production by Glyndebourne Opera in 2009, this edition of Purcell's third semi-opera, The Fairy Queen, offers a new and definitive version of words and music prepared by two leading scholars in the field. The playtext, anonymously adapted from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, is printed in full, and the role of the various sources, and the relationship of the manuscript theatre score to the printed word-books of 1692 and 1693, are thoroughly reappraised. The other sources include music manuscripts which have not previously been examined, and which prove to have a significant bearing on the musical text. Full account is taken of the varied instrumental resources and conventions accessible to the Restoration composer, reflected in the multi-purpose performing material for the edition which will be available for rental (HL390)
| Item Type: | Book |
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| ISBNs: | 9780852499122 (hardback) 9790220222474 |
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| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > Music |
| Item ID: | 151275 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2010 12:21 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:34 |
| Contributors: | Wood, Bruce (Editor) Pinnock, Andrew (Editor) |
| Date: | 17 February 2009 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Stainer & Bell |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/151275 |
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