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Purcell, Henry
composer, organ, bass, counter tenor
| born: 1659 |
London, England |
Source: 1 |
| born: 1658 |
Westminster, London, England |
Source: 2,3,4 |
| died: 21 Nov 1695 |
Westminster, London, England |
Source: 1 |
| active in church: 1679-1695 |
London, England |
Source: 1 |
Kogler, Horst
Shakespeares Zettelkasten
Opernwelt N9:45-6 Sep 1996
Hancock, W.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : the Fantazias & In Nomines (Fretwork) (Virgin Veritas CD)
Hancock, W.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : Fantasias for the Viols (Hesperion XX) (Astree Auvidis CD)
Jenkins, L.
[Review of film England, My England]
Early Music Today 4:3 N1 1996
Porter, Andrew
British opera diary
Opera (England) 47:109-11 Jan 1996
illustr.
Note: Behind the Masque
Hamilton, J.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : Harmonia Sacra & Complete Organ Works (Jill Feldman, soprano, Davitt Moroney, harpsichord) (Arcana CD)
Davis, A.
Purcell and the recorder
Recorder Magazine: 16:9-15 N1 1996
chart mus notes
Note: includes list of works
Hagestedt, Jens
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell, John Blow : Voluntaries, Suites und Grounds (Gustav Leonhardt) (Philips)
Stereoplay N1:169 Jan 1996
A Purcell Anthology. Ed. by B. Wood.
Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press. u7.95
Segerman, E.
A re-examination of the evidence on absolute tempo before 1700 : I
Early Music 24:240+ N2 1996
facs il mus notes
Funeral Sentences with March and Canzona for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Ed. by C. Hogwood.
Music & Letters 77:313-14 N2 1996
Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1995. u3.95
Legany, Dezso
Gondolatok Purcellrol
Magyar Zene 36:72-5 N1 1996
Hamilton, J.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : Harmonia Sacra & Complete Organ Works (Jill Feldman, soprano, Davitt Moroney, harpsichord) (Arcana CD)
Freeman-Attwood, J.
Purcell in profusion
Gramophone 73:23-4 Jan 1996
Hamilton, J.
Reviews / recordings Purcell, Blow, Locke : Organ Works (John Butt) (Harmonia Mundi France CD)
Schwarte, Michael
Schallplatten Henry Purcell : King Arthur (Gens, McFadden, Piau, Waters, Best, Padmore, Paton, Salomaa, Les Arts Florissants; William Christie) (Erato CD)
Concerto 13:32-3 Jun 1996
Theme et variations : Annee Purcell
Diapason (France) N422:64 Jan 1996
il port
McCleave, S.
Reviews / recordings Purcell : the Indian Queen (Catherine Mackintosh, Tessa Bonner, Catherine Bott, Rogers Covey-Crump, Peter Harvey; the Purcell Simfony, The Purcell Simfony Voices) (Linn CD)
Hefling, Stephen E.
Marvin, B.
Q & A
American Recorder 37:38-9 N4 1996
mus
Note: overdotting in Purcell
Note: medieval recorders
Graeme, R.
So fair the game, so rich the sport : Dido and Aeneas on record
Opera Quarterly: 13:55-70 N1 1996
notes
Funeral Sentences. Ed. by C. Hogwood.
Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press. u3.95
A Purcell Anthology : 12 Anthems
Ed. by B. Wood.
Music & Letters 77:313-14 N2 1996
Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1995. u7.95
Laurie, Margaret
Books for the Purcell tercentenary
Schreiber, Ulrich
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : the Indian Queen (Kirkby, Bott, Ainsley, Thomas, Finley, Soli, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood) (L'Oiseau Lyre)
Stereoplay N1:165 Jan 1996
illustr.
Kareda, U.
Listening post Purcell : Dido and Aeneas (Jennifer Lane, Ann Monoyios, Shari Saunders, Meredith Hall, Russell Braun, Benjamin Butterfield; Tafelmusick Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir, Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins, directors) (CBC CD)
Classical Music Magazine 19:28 N1 1996
illustr.
Downey, P.
[English trumpets. A response. P. Holman]
[A counterblast on English trumpets. A. Pinnock and B. Wood]
[Sounding the trumpet. J. Montagu]
On sounding the trumpet and beating the drum in 17th-century England
Early Music 24:263-77 N2 1996
facs il mus notes
Graeme, R.
So fair the game, so rich the sport : Dido and Aeneas on record
Opera Quarterly: 13:55-70 N1 1996
discog notes
Schreiber, Ulrich
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : Dioclesian; Timon of Athens (C. Pierard, J. Bowman, J.M. Ainsley, M. Padmore, M. George, Chor und Orchester Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox) (Chandos)
Stereoplay N4:152 Apr 1996
illustr.
Wickham, E.
The Arcadians
Early Music Today 4:9+ N2 1996
illustr.
Note: Dartington's early music summer school
Boehmer, Konrad
Ein diskographischer Ruckblick aufs Purcell-Jahr
Concerto 13:38-40 Feb 1996
Reviews
Musical Opinion 119:8 Sup Feb 1996
Note: English Baroque Choir and Players' and Opus 20's tercentenary concerts
Graeme, R.
Recordings King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Henry Purcell (Veronique Gens, Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Susannah Waters, Mark Padmore, Iain Paton, Jonathan Best, Petteri Salomaa, Francois Bazola; Les Arts Florissants; William Christie, conductor) (Erato, 2 CDs)
Opera Quarterly: 12:118-20 N4 1996
Baroque Keyboard Music in Italy, France, England, and Germany
p. 33 In:
Gordon, Stewart
A History of Keyboard Literature.
Music for the Piano and its Forerunners
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 566 p.
Burden, M.
Reports Purcell and Elgar
Early Music 24:180-82 N1 1996
facs mus
Tassel, E. van
Purcell's sacred music on record : II
Early Music 24:79-92 N1 1996
discog il notes
Bond, Ann
Organ CDs Purcell and Blow: Voluntaries, Suites and Grounds (G. Leonhardt, harpsichord and organ) (Philips)
Choir & Organ 4:66 N1 1996
Schreiber, Ulrich
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : the Fairy Queen (Bonney, McNair, von Magnus, Chance, Dale, Holl, Michaels-Moore; Arnold Schonberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt) (Teldec, 2 CDs)
Stereoplay N2:141 Feb 1996
illustr.
Ein fast vergessenes Genie
Zum 300. Todestag von Henry Purcell
Oper und Konzert 33:30-31 N1 1996
facs mus port
CD reviews Purcell : Music for Westminster Abbey (M. Phillips, organ; Cantores in Ecclesia, M. Howard, dir.) (BBC Radio Classics CD)
Musical Opinion 119:11 Sup Aug 1996
Tassel, E. van
[Purcell's sacred music on record; II. E. Van Tassel.] Correspondence : Purcell and pitch. P. Holman. Reply
Early Music 24:366 N2 1996
Paterson, S.
Listening post Purcell : Full Anthems; Organ Music; Music on the Death of Queen Mary (Laurence Cummings, organ, Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly, conductor) (Naxos CD)
Classical Music Magazine 19:28 N1 1996
illustr.
Practica musicae : Mad songs and Englishmen
Journal of Singing 52:53-8 N3 1996
bibliog
Note: Purcell's mad scenes and songs
Campbell, M.
Reports London, November 1995: Purcell Tercentenary
Consort: 52:40-42 N1 1996
Picard, A.
Purcell's King
Classic Cd N63:51 Jul 1995
illustr.
Spink, Ian
Restoration cathedral music 1660-1714
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995, 487 p.
Valkestijn, J.
1695 Henry Purcell 1995 (I)
Gregoriusblad 119:163-6 N3 1995
biog port
Bolin, Norbert
Schallplatten Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas/The Gordian Knot Unty'd (L. Hunt, L. Saffer, D. Deam, C. Brandes, R. Rainero (Sopran), E. Rabiner (Mezzo-sopran), P. Elliott (Tenor), M. Dean (Bass), The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Ltg. N. McGegan) (Harmonia mundi France CD)
West, W.D.
In review Festival round-up
Opera News 60:54-5 Nov 1995
illustr.
Note: Boston Early Music Festival
Oliver, Michael
Composing by halves
Classic Cd N57:36-7 Jan 1995
illustr.
Jenkins, L.
Something old, something new
Early Music Today 3:18-19+ Feb-Mar 1995
illustr.
Note: Fretwork commissions new works for viol consort
Evans, N.
After Purcell : a ditched composer
Classic Cd N57:43 Jan 1995
illustr.
Cyr, Mary
Violin playing in late seventeenth-century England : Baltzar, Matteis, and Purcell
Performance Practice Review 8:54-66 N1 1995
il mus notes
Rohde, G.
Britanniens Wurde, ein Gesamtkunstwerk
illustr.
Paris Opera : Donjons et chateaux sous le regne d'Arthur
Diapason (France) N414:16 Apr 1995
illustr.
Heyder, Bernd
Schallplatten Henry Purcell : Hail! Bright Cecilia; My Beloved Spake; O Sing unto the Lord (Gabrieli Consort and Players, Ltg. Paul McCreesh) (DG Archiv CD)
Concerto 12:30-31 Nov 1995
illustr.
Campbell, M.
London, January-May 1995 : Purcell tercentenary celebrations
Consort: 51:126-8 N2 1995
Hugli, Pierre
Henry Purcell : musicien de la fragilite
Revue Musicale de Suisse Romande N4:28-34 Dec 1995
biog port
Wood, B.
Music reviews
Early Music 23:705-8 N4 1995
Note: Purcell anthems published for the Church Music Society
Wood, B.
Pinnock, A.
['Unscarred by turning times'? The dating of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. B. Wood and A. Pinnock]
['The dating of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas'? A Reply to Bruce Wood and Andrew Pinnock. A.R. Walkling] Correspondence.
Early Music 23:188-9 N1 1995
Porter, Andrew
Venus and Adonis and Dido and Aeneas; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, March 8
Opera (England) 46:606-7 May 1995
notes
Kennicott, P.
A dream of Purcell
Opera News 60:16+ Nov 1995
port
Lorber, Richard
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : Ayres for the Theatre Dioclesian, King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, The Indian Queen (Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon) (Sony Classical)
Stereoplay N9:169 Sep 1995
port
Jones, E.R.
The Victorian revival of Purcell's music : publications and publishers
Choral Journal 36:19-23 N1 1995
notes port
Henry Purcell
The Gresham Autograph. Intro. by M. Laurie and R. Thompson.
Early Music 23:703-5 N4 1995
Note: London, Novello, 1995. u75.00
Bevan, V.
Secrets of the heart
Classic Cd N57:39 Jan 1995
illustr.
Loehlein, H.H.
Semi-Opera und Semi-Mozart
The Indian Queen von Purcell und Salieris Falstaff in Schwetzingen
Funeral Sentences with March and Canzona for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Ed. by C. Hogwood.
Early Music 23:705-8 N4 1995
Note: Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press. u3.95
Opera
Musical Opinion 118:114 Summer 1995
Note: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Schulz, T.
Schallplatten Henry Purcell : 15 Fantasien fur Gambenconsort (La Gamba Freiburg, Ltg. Ekkehard Weber; Gerhard Gnann, Positiv) (Ars Musici CD)
Concerto 12:36-8 Jun 1995
Long, R.
Classical recordings Purcell : Ten Sonata's [sic] in Four Parts (The Locke Consort) (Channel Classics CD)
il port
Blyth, Alan
Larmige Show
Opernwelt N12:48-9 Dec 1995
illustr.
Godwin, S.
Recordings Purcell : the Secular Solo Songs, 3 Vols. (The King's Consort) (Hyperion, 3 CDs)
Milnes, Rodney
William Christie
Opera (England) 46:148-53 Feb 1995
illustr.
Concerts
Musical Opinion 118:45 Spring 1995
Note: Wigmore Hall's Purcell celebrations, The English Orpheus
Listener's gallery The Secular Solo Songs of Henry Purcell : Vol. 1.
Nats Journal: 51:69-70 N4 1995
Kerschbaumer, S.
Recordings
Opera News 60:47 Oct 1995
illustr.
Note: six recordings of Purcell works
Classical music reviews Purcell : Dido and Aeneas (Gens, Martin-Degor, Berg, others; Les Arts Florissants, Christie) (Erato)
Stereo Review 60:112+ Sep 1995
Waleson, H.
Classical/keeping score
Billboard 107:42 Jul 1 1995
Note: more 300th anniversary commemorative recordings
Timberlake, C.
Practica musicae : Orpheus britannicus : Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Journal of Singing 52:43-6 N1 1995
Long, R.
Classical recordings Purcell : Dido and Aeneas (Les Arts Florissants, William Christie) (Erato CD)
il port
Dodging the planes in Paris
Classic Cd N59:78 Mar 1995
illustr.
Burden, M.
He had the honour to be your master : Lady Rhoda Cavendish's music lessons with Henry Purcell
Music & Letters 76:532-9 N4 1995
chart notes table
Schulz, T.
Schallplatten Henry Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre (Tafelmusik, Ltg. Jeanne Lamon) (Sony Vivarte CD)
Concerto 12:39-40 Sep 1995
Stultz, M.
Performing Dido and Aeneas with adolescent singers : Purcell's original commission
Choral Journal 36:43-8 N1 1995
notes
Walkling, A.R.
Political allegory in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
Music & Letters 76:540-71 N4 1995
notes
Plucked notes : Purcell update
Early Music Today 3:32 N6 1995-1996
Note: British Library
Note: Theatre Museum
Mellers, Wilfred Howard
A Purcellian church : 2
Choir & Organ 3:12-15 N5 1995
mus
Jenkins, L.
[Editorial (review of Vick/Christie/Brown production of Purcell's King Arthur)]
Early Music Today 3:3 Jun-Jul 1995
illustr.
Beaujean, Alfred
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell: Songs of Welcome and Farewell (Le Blanc, Borden, Dugardin, Nasrawi, van der Kamp, Grant, Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs/Erin Headley) (Teldec)
Stereoplay N6:129 Jun 1995
illustr.
Gebhardt, Thomas
Schallplatten Henry Purcell : O Solitude; Songs and Airs (Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nigel North (Erzlaute, Barockgit.), Richard Boothby (Vdg.), Paul Nicholson (Cemb., Org.)) (Virgin Veritas CD)
Concerto 12:44-5 Apr 1995
illustr.
Price, C.
Newly discovered autograph keyboard music of Purcell and Draghi
Journal of the Royal Musical Association: 120:77+ N1 1995
facs mus notes table
Banks, C.
British Library Ms.Mus.1..
A recently discovered manuscript of keyboard music by Henry Purcell and Giovanni Battista Draghi
app facs mus notes
Sadie, Stanley
Recordings Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus (Agnes Mellon, Christophe Rousset, Wieland Kuijken) (Astree Audivis [sic] CD)
Smith, R.L.
Haste, haste to town
Musical Times, 136:672-3 Dec 1995
discog
Performances Wellington
Music in New Zealand N31:51-5 Summer 1995-1996
illustr.
McCleave, S.
Recordings Purcell : Dido and Aeneas (Les Arts Florissants, William Christie) (Erato)
Performances Wellington
Music in New Zealand N31:51-5 Summer 1995-1996
illustr.
Three Odes for St. Cecilia's Day
Ed. by B. Wood. (London, Novello (Presser), 1990. $75.50)
Reviews / classical music Purcell : the Fairy Queen (Catherine Bott (soprano), Jeffrey Thomas (tenor), Michael Schopper (bass), others; Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra, Ton Koopman conductor) (Erato)
Stereo Review 60:122 Dec 1995
Schreiber, Ulrich
Klassik-CDs Henry Purcell : King Arthur (Gens, McFadden, Piau, Padmore, Salomaa, Best, Chor und Orchester Les Arts Florissants, William Christie) (Erato, 2 CDs)
Stereoplay N9:166 Sep 1995
illustr.
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