Sonatas of Henry Purcell : Rhetoric and Reversal.

Purcell's trio sonatas seem to follow Italian models on the surface, but underneath the music hides English traditional compositional devices and Purcell's own compositional and contrapuntal interests. With a preface, introduction, notes, bibliography, and index. Music examples.

xi, 261 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
ISBN: 1580469205
ISBN13: 9781580469203