Henry Purcell : : His Life and Times / / Franklin B. Zimmerman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Zimmerman, Franklin B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1983
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (512 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface to the First Edition and an Explanation --; Acknowledgments --; Preface to the Second, Revised Edition --; A Postscript to the First Edition --; Abbreviations --; 1. The Purcells of Westminster --; 2. Boyhood --; 3. Apprenticeship --; 4. Professional Debut --; 5. Music and Restoration Politics --; 6. Fantasia Year --; 7. Tory Composer --; 8. London's Music at the End of the Reign of Charles II --; 9. Music and Theater in London (Part 1) --; 10. Music Under James II and Mary of Modena --; 11. Music and the Glorious Revolution --; 12. Musical Life Under William and Mary --; 13. A Royal Excursion Abroad --; 14. Music and Theater in London (Part 2) --; 15. Purcell as Composer for Church, Court, Concert Hall, and Theater --; 16. The End of an Era --; APPENDIX ONE. Documents --; APPENDIX TWO. Henry Purcell's Origins: A Genealogical Puzzle --; APPENDIX THREE. Iconography: Purcell Portraiture --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512809091; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512809091
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Franklin B. Zimmerman.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.