Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695)
A Purcell Suite
7 Pieces
descant recorder, harpsichord [piano]
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Details
- For
- descant recorder, harpsichord [piano]
- Product Type
- Piano score, solo part
- Author / Composer
- Henry Purcell
- Editor
- Gwilym Edward Beechey
- Product number
- 485445
- Release Year
- 2008
Description
As well as being a successful church and court composer, Purcell wrote extensively for the stage, composing several operas, semi-operas and masques. Now Gwilym Beechey has made seven of these fantastic works accessible to the instrumental player, carefully choosing and arranging a selection of these pieces for descant recorder and keyboard. Included in this edition are dances, airs and jigs from Purcell’s popular opera King Arthur (1691), and semi-operas The Fairy Queen (1692) and The Indian Que...
Content
- King Authur: Air in D Minor
- King Authur: How blest are shepherds
- King Authur: Hornpipe in G minor
- The Fairy Queen: Jig in G minor
- The Fairy Queen: Prelude/Minuet in C major
- The Indian Queen: Dance in C major
- Abdelazer: Rondeau in D minor
