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Come ye sons of arts
- Title
- Come ye sons of arts / Henry Purcell ; reconstructed by Rebecca Herissone.
- Author
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
- Publication
- London : Stainer & Bell, c2010.
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- Description
- 1 score (ix, 65 p.); 31 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Come ye sons of art away
- Alternative Title
- Come ye sons of art away
- Subject
- Note
- For 4 or 5 solo voices, chorus (SATB), and orchestra (trumpet, 2 oboes doubling on recorders, strings and continuo).
- Unfigured bass realized for keyboard instrument.
- Previous editions of this work are based on a manuscript score held in the Royal College of Music (Ms. 993) that was made by Robert Pindar in 1765. "This new edition is ... the first to attempt a full-scale reconstruction of the ode that removes Pindar's eighteenth-century "improvements" and seeks to return the music to a form much closer to what Purcell composed"--Pref.
- Includes preface containing information about the reconstruction and suggestions for performance practice (p. ii-ix); also a list of sources and critical commentary (p. 57-65), all in English.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Symphony -- Come ye sons of arts -- Sound the trumpet -- Come ye sons of arts -- Strike the viol -- The day that such a blessing gave -- Bid the virtues -- These are the sacred charms -- Thus nature rejoicing.
- Call Number
- JMG 11-473
- LCCN
- 2011447435
- 9790220222818
- OCLC
- 649265651
- Author
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
- Title
- Come ye sons of arts / Henry Purcell ; reconstructed by Rebecca Herissone.
- Imprint
- London : Stainer & Bell, c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694.Herissone, Rebecca.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9790220222818
- Publisher No.
- D98 Stainer & Bell
- Research Call Number
- JMG 11-473