Altthough, from its name, one might expect it to have been a characteristic of music written by the Neapolitan school it is to be found beyond Naples and much earlier, for example, in the music of Purcell and Corelli an equivalent analysis of the chord would be to say that the chord ...
Some composers, such as Henry Purcell, Vaughan Williams, Edward Elgar and Benjamin Britten do not need much support, whilst others such as Arthur Sullivan, Frederick Delius, Frank Bridge and Peter Warlock have their own organisations to promote their music. But there are many other composers who...
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.- Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick's obsessive and perfectionist nature is wholly reflected in his choice...
Ode on the Death of Purcell. ☟ Huntingdon, c.1988. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1696 edition. Wrappers. $12 [item no. 7041] BOCCHERINI, Luigi, 1743-1805 [Cantata, 5 solo voices, choir, orchestra] La confederazione dei Sabini con Roma (edizione facsimile). Storia, tes...
PURCELL, Henry, 1659-1695 [Sonatas, 2 violins, bass, bc] Ten Sonata’s in Four Parts. ☟ Performers’ Facsimiles, 60. New York, [1988]. 23 x 35 cm, 4 partbooks, c.90 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1697 edition. Wrappers. $50 [item no. 2694] [Theater music, strings, a4...