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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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Additional Authors
  • Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694.
  • Herissone, Rebecca.
Description
1 score (xi, 65 p.); 31 cm.
Uniform Title
Come ye sons of art away
Alternative Title
Come ye sons of art away
Subject
  • Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694 > Songs and music
  • Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra > Scores
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.
  • Pref. includes information about the reconstruction and suggestions for performance practice.
  • Editorial commentary and information on sources: p.57-65.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN
9790220222818
OCLC
  • ocn649265651
  • 649265651
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries