pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: PURCELL REMEMBERED
By: Michael Burden
Format: Paperback

List price: £20.00
Our price: £18.00
Discount:
10% off
You save: £2.00
ISBN 10: 0571250440
ISBN 13: 9780571250448
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
 Delivery rates
Stock: Currently 0 available
Publisher: FABER & FABER
Pub. date: 19 March, 2009
Pages: 222
Description: Purcell was the greatest ornament of English music in the seventeenth century, and has been a source of inspiration for British composers ever since. This book offers a portrait of the composer both in his time and since, using diaries, letters and official and published writings from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries.
Synopsis: Purcell was the greatest ornament of English music in the seventeenth century, and has been a source of inspiration for British composers ever since. Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten and Peter Maxwell Davies are among those who have expressed indebtedness to Purcell's musical genius. But his personality has seemed shadowy; in Purcell's day there were no newspapers to illuminate his career, no colour supplements to delve into his sitting room. From the mass of assorted material that does exist, Michael Burden has assiduously and cunningly devised a portrait of the composer both in his time and since, using diaries, letters and official and published writings from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Many pieces that are known in excerpts are given here in full and placed in context, including all Purcell's prefaces and dedications, collected together for the first time. There is a comparative chronology of the period, a time of extreme political fragility in England. The fragility of Purcell's own life is bleakly evoked in the composer's final will, signed on the day he died, aged 36.As the views of musicians from the three hundred years since his death show, however, the 'English Orpheus' remains a vital thread in his country's musical thought.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Returns: Returnable
Some other items by this author:
"REGINA MINGOTTI: DIVA AND IMPRESARIO AT THE KING'S THEATRE, LONDON "
"REGINA MINGOTTI: DIVA AND IMPRESARIO AT THE KING'S THEATRE, LONDON "
"REGINA MINGOTTI: DIVA AND IMPRESARIO AT THE KING'S THEATRE, LONDON "
1,227 QI FACTS TO BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF
1,227 QI FACTS TO BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF
1,227 QI FACTS TO BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF (HB)
1,227 QI FACTS TO BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF (PB)
1,227 QI FACTS TO BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF (PB)
1,227 QUITE INTERESTING FACTS TO BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF (HB)
1,234 QI FACTS TO LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS
1,234 QI FACTS TO LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS (HB)
1,234 QI FACTS TO LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS (PB)
1,234 QUITE INTERESTING FACTS TO LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS (HB)
1,339 QI FACTS TO MAKE YOUR JAW DROP
1,339 QI FACTS TO MAKE YOUR JAW DROP
1,339 QI FACTS TO MAKE YOUR JAW DROP (HB)
1,339 QI FACTS TO MAKE YOUR JAW DROP (PB)
1,339 QI FACTS TO MAKE YOUR JAW DROP (PB)
1,339 QUITE INTERESTING FACTS TO MAKE YOUR JAW DROP (HB)
1,342 QI FACTS TO LEAVE YOU FLABBERGASTED
1,342 QI FACTS TO LEAVE YOU FLABBERGASTED (HB)
1,342 QI FACTS TO LEAVE YOU FLABBERGASTED (PB)
1,411 QI FACTS TO KNOCK YOU SIDEWAYS
1,411 QI FACTS TO KNOCK YOU SIDEWAYS (HB)
1,411 QI FACTS TO KNOCK YOU SIDEWAYS (PB)
1,411 QUITE INTERESTING FACTS TO KNOCK YOU SIDEWAYS (HB)
1,423 QI FACTS TO BOWL YOU OVER
1,423 QI FACTS TO BOWL YOU OVER (HB)
1,423 QI FACTS TO BOWL YOU OVER (PB)
10,000 QI FACTS
2,024 QI FACTS TO STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS (HB)
A GOOD BOOK COOK BOOK (PB)
A SATYR ON THE TIMES
A SHORT TOUR; OR, AN IMPARTIAL AND ACCUR (HB)
A SHORT TOUR; OR, AN IMPARTIAL AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY OF CLARE, WITH SOME PARTICULAR AND HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS.
A WOMAN SCORN'D (PB)
A WOMAN SCORN'D (PB)
AFTERLIFF
AFTERLIFF (HB)
ALL ABOUT US (PB)
ALL ABOUT US (PB)
ALL ABOUT US (PB)
ALL ABOUT US (PB)
ALL ABOUT US (PB)
ALL ABOUT US (PB)
ALL ABOUT US (PB)
AN ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
AN ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
AN ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES: (HB)
AN ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES: (PB)
AN ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES; (PB)
ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES (HB)
ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES (HB)
ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES (PB)
ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES (PB)
BIBLIOTHECA LLWYDIANA. A CATALOGUE OF THE ENTIRE LIBRARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS, LATE THE PROPERTY OF JOHN LLOYD WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION
BLACKADDER (PB)
BRITISH GREATS (HB)
BUNDU, THE BEAT & BEYOND
BUNDU, THE BEAT & BEYOND (HB)
CHILD'S EYE VIEW OF SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM (PB)
COLD HAND IN MINE (PB)
COMPUTATIONAL LOGIC-CL 2000 (PB)
CYRENAICA IN ANTIQUITY (PB)
DEACONS AND DOG LEADS (PB)
DEAR JOHN
EARLY HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH WALES IRONWORKS, 1760 TO 1840 (HB)
EARLY HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH WALES IRONWORKS, 1760 TO 1840 (PB)
EGREGIOUS FOLLY AND SINFULNESS OF THE MOST DETESTABLE CRIME OF SCOFFING AND DERISION, EXPOSED AND LAID OPEN (HB)
ENGLISH THEATRICAL ANECDOTES, 1660-1800
ENGLISH THEATRICAL ANECDOTES, 1660-1800 (HB)
ESERCITI DI CARTA
GARRICK, ARNE AND THE "MASQUE OF ALFRED" (HB)
GODEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE (HB)
HANDBOOK FOR STUDIES IN 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH MUSIC (PB)
HANDBOOK FOR STUDIES IN 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH MUSIC (PB)
HANDBOOK FOR STUDIES IN 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH MUSIC (PB)
HANDBOOK FOR STUDIES IN 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH MUSIC (PB)
HANDBOOK FOR STUDIES IN 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH MUSIC (PB)
HANDBOOK FOR STUDIES IN 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH MUSIC (PB)
HANDBOOK FOR STUDIES IN 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH MUSIC (PB)
HENRY PURCELL'S OPERAS (HB)
HISTORICAL MEMORANDA OF BRECONSHIRE, VOL (PB)
HISTORICAL MEMORANDA OF BRECONSHIRE, VOL (PB)
HORDES OF THE THINGS (CD)
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN CHINA (PB)
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN CHINA: (HB)
ITALY (HB)
JOURNALISM AND PR (PB)
JOURNALISM IN AN AGE OF TERROR (PB)
JOURNALISM IN AN AGE OF TERROR (PB)
LLOYD'S TOUR OF CLARE - 1780 (PB)
LOGIC FOR LEARNING (HB)
LOGIC PROGRAMMING (PB)
LONDON OPERA OBSERVED (HB)
LONDON OPERA OBSERVED (HB)
LONDON OPERA OBSERVED (HB)
LONDON OPERA OBSERVED, 1711-1844
LONDON OPERA OBSERVED, 1711-1844 (HB)
LONDON OPERA OBSERVED, 1711-1844 (HB)
LONDON OPERA OBSERVED, 1711-1844 (HB)
LOOKING BACK AT CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY (PB)
MINERS'' STRIKE, 1984-5
MINERS'' STRIKE, 1984-5 (HB)
MOST INTERESTING
NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS: THE MEMORY KINDA LINGERS (CD)
PAPERS IN URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES (PB)
PAPERS RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND NAVIGATION OF THE RIVERS WYE AND LUG. EDITED BY J. LLOYD.
PERFORMING THE MUSIC OF HENRY PURCELL (HB)
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (HB)
POEMS (PB)
POEMS...
POWER AND THE STORY (PB)
PURCELL COMPANION (PB)
PURCELL REMEMBERED (HB)
PURCELL REMEMBERED (PB)
PURCELL REMEMBERED (PB)
PURCELL REMEMBERED (PB)
QI ADVANCED BANTER (HB)
QI ADVANCED BANTER (PB)
QI ANNUAL (HB)
QI ANNUAL 2009 (HB)
QI ANNUAL 2010 (HB)
QI ANNUAL 2011 (PB)
QI THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (PB)
QI: ADVANCED BANTER
QI: ADVANCED BANTER (PB)
QI: SOUND OF GENERAL IGNORANCE 3XCD (CD)
QI: THE BOOK OF ANIMAL IGNORANCE
QI: THE BOOK OF ANIMAL IGNORANCE (HB)
QI: THE BOOK OF ANIMAL IGNORANCE (PB)
QI: THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE
QI: THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE (PB)
QI: THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE - THE NOTICEABLY STOUTER EDITION (HB)
QI: THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE - THE NOTICEABLY STOUTER EDITION (PB)
QI: THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE - THE NOTICEABLY STOUTER EDITION (PB)
QI: THE BOOK OF THE DEAD
QI: THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (PB)
QI: THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (PB)
QI: THE DISCREETLY PLUMPER SECOND BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE (PB)
QI: THE POCKET BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE
QI: THE POCKET BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE (PB)
QI: THE SECOND BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE
QI: THE SECOND BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE (PB)
QI: THE SECOND BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE (PB)
QI: THE THIRD BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE
QI: THE THIRD BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE (HB)
QI: THE THIRD BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE (PB)
QI: THE THIRD BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE (PB)
RADNORSHIRE; A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY
RAIN LATER, GOOD (HB)
RAIN LATER, GOOD (HB)
REBIRTH OF A NATION (PB)
REGINA MINGOTTI (HB)
REGINA MINGOTTI: DIVA AND IMPRESARIO AT THE KING''S THEATRE, LONDON
REPORTING THE EU (PB)
SCANDAL! NEWS INTERNATIONAL AND THE RIGHTS OF JOURNALISM (PB)
SEAN CRAMPTON, SCULPTOR (PB)
SEED INOCULATION, COATING AND PRECISION PELLETING
SEED INOCULATION, COATING AND PRECISION PELLETING
SEED INOCULATION, COATING AND PRECISION PELLETING (HB)
SHIR HA SHIRIM, OR, THE SONG OF SONGS BEING A PARAPHRASE UPON THE MOST EXCELLENT CANTICLES OF SOLOMON IN A PINDARICK POEM / BY JOHN LLOYD. TO WHICH IS ANNEXT ANOTHER LATE PINDARICK ODE, BEING AN HYMN ON THE WORKS OF THE SIX DAYS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. (1682)
SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT
SIMPLY THE BEST (PB)
SOVEREIGN GRACE DISPLAYED: OR, DISCRIMIN (HB)
SOVEREIGN GRACE DISPLAYED: OR, DISCRIMIN (PB)
STAGING HISTORY (PB)
THE BEAR
THE BEAR
THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE 2 (HB)
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA (HB)
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA (HB)
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA (HB)
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA (PB)
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA A CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY COMMENTARY OF THE HEBREW TEXT
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA, A COMMENTARY OF THE (PB)
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA, A COMMENTARY OF THE HEBREW TEXT
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA, A COMMENTARY OF THE HEBREW TEXT (HB)
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA: A CRITICAL AND EXPOS (PB)
THE DEEPER MEANING OF LIFF (PB)
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH WALES (PB)
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH WALES (PB)
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH WALES IRON WORKS (1760 TO 1840).
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH WALES IRON WORKS, 1760-1840
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH WALES IRONWORKS, 1760 TO 1840
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH WALES IRONWORKS, 1760 TO 1840
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH WALES IRONWORKS, 1760 TO 1840
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH WALES IRONWORKS, 1760 TO 1840 (HB)
THE EFG BUMPER BOOK OF QI ANNUALS (PB)
THE EGREGIOUS FOLLY AND SINFULNESS OF TH (PB)
THE ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMAN (PB)
THE ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, AND OTHER (PB)
THE ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, AND OTHER (PB)
THE ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, AND OTHER POEMS
THE ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, AND OTHER POEMS
THE ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, AND OTHER POEMS (HB)

TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
Just Kids (Paperback)
By: Patti Smith
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Our Price : £9.48
more details
Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine (Hardback)
By:
Callaway Editions,U.S.
Our Price : £58.40
more details
Hardcore (Hardback)
By: Paul Burgess
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Our Price : £29.20
more details
Pocket Dolly Wisdom (Hardback)
By: Hardie Grant Books
Hardie Grant Books (UK)
Our Price : £5.83
more details
M Train (Paperback)
By: Patti Smith
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Our Price : £9.48
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 THE ARTS
 music
 composers & musicians


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 

NEW
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
By: SARA KHAN
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
add to basket

Learning
That''s My Story!: Drama for Confidence, Communication and C...
By: ADAM POWER-ANNAND
The ability to communicate is an essential life skill for all children, underpinning their confidence, personal and social wellbeing, and sense of self.
add to basket