Purcell Society Volume 26 - King Arthur
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Purcell Society Volume 26 - King Arthur

Catalogue No: NOV151026
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King Arthur was the only one of Purcell's professionally produced operas to have been designed as a semi-opera; the others were all adaptations of earlier plays. Dryden made a real attempt to integrate the music into thedrama, but since he ascribed to the dramatic conventions of the period which virtually confined music to allegorical or supernatural beings and thier worshippers, or servants, shepherds and similar characters, the main actionmostly occurs in the spoken sections, and even the two singing characters, Philidel and Grimbald speak more than they sing.


CONTENTS

  • King Arthur
NOV151026

Specifications

Composer
Henry Purcell
Arrangement
Opera
Series
Purcell Society Volume
Product Format
Sheet Music
Publication Date
1971
Genre
Opera or Operetta
ISBN
9780853605850 (0853605858)