Celebrating its 100th anniversary, this extraordinary series continues to amaze and captivate its readers with detailed insight into the lives and work of music's geniuses. Unlike other composer biographies that focus narrowly on the music, this series explores the personal history of each composer and the social context surrounding the music. In a precise, engaging, and authoritative manner, each volume combines a vivid portrait of the master musicians' inspirations, influences, life experiences, even their weaknesses, ...
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary, this extraordinary series continues to amaze and captivate its readers with detailed insight into the lives and work of music's geniuses. Unlike other composer biographies that focus narrowly on the music, this series explores the personal history of each composer and the social context surrounding the music. In a precise, engaging, and authoritative manner, each volume combines a vivid portrait of the master musicians' inspirations, influences, life experiences, even their weaknesses, with an accessible discussion of their work-all in roughly 300 pages. Further, each volume offers superb reference material, including a detailed life and times chronology, a complete list of works, a personalia glossary highlighting the important people in the composer's life, and a select bibliography. Under the supervision of music expert and series general editor Stanley Sadie, Master Musicians will certainly proceed to delight music scholars, serious musicians, and all music lovers for another hundred years. In this classic study, reissued on the 300th anniversary of Purcell's death, Sir Jack Westrup drew on documentary evidence from the Court, Westminster Abbey, and other sources to give a vivid account of Purcell's life in seventeenth-century London. The range of Purcell's compositions is also fully covered, from small-scale pieces to music for state occasions and works for the Restoration stage.
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Add this copy of Purcell (Master Musician) to cart. $12.44, good condition, Sold by Websters Bookstore Cafe rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from State College, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Littlehampton Book Services (LBS.
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Good in very good dust jacket. Outline: -Celebrating its 100th anniversary this extraordinary series continues to amaze and captivate its readers with detailed insight into the lives and work of music`s geniuses. Unlike other composer biographies that focus narrowly on the music this series explores the personal history of each composer and the social context surrounding the music. In a precise engaging and authoritative manner each volume combines a vivid portrait of the master musicians` inspirations influences life experiences even their weaknesses with an accessible discussion of their work-all in roughly 300 pages. Further each volume offers superb reference material including a detailed life and times chronology a complete list of works a personalia glossary highlighting the important people in the composer`s life and a select bibliography. Under the supervision of music expert and series general editor Stanley Sadie Master Musicians will certainly proceed to delight music scholars serious musicians and all music lovers for another hundred years. In this classic study reissued on the 300th anniversary of Purcell`s death Sir Jack Westrup drew on documentary evidence from the Court Westminster Abbey and other sources to give a vivid account of Purcell`s life in seventeenth-century London. The range of Purcell`s compositions is also fully covered from small-scale pieces to music for state occasions and works for the Restoration stage. -> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Dent The date of this copy is 1980 booksalvation have grade it as Very Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
Add this copy of Purcell to cart. $21.41, good condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1980 by Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.
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Good. Light shelfwear. The content is clean, a decent enough paperback copy but has been used. 338 p. Master Musician S. . Ill.mus.exs. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
Add this copy of The Master Musician Series: Purcell to cart. $24.84, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1980 by J.M. Dent & Sons.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN: 0460022091.
Add this copy of Purcell (Master Musician S. ) to cart. $27.30, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1980 by Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 350grams, ISBN: 0460022091.
