Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen: Orchestra: Score

he chorus parts of the shortened version of Henry Purcell’s Fairy Queen edited and realised by Benjamin Britten Imogen Holst and devised for concert performance by Peter Pears with the words taken from an anonymous adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Arranged for accompanied SATB choir.

Description Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen Reproduced from an early authoritative score, this version of Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen includes O let me weep , a series of songs about the seasons, and Next winter comes slowly .

Par PURCELL HENRY. Staeps (rightly) believes that the English Baroque is the fountainhead of recorder music, and that Purcell's music is the perfect vehicle. Here, he takes six excerpts from The Fairy Queen (introductions and dances) and fashions a Suite for recorder quartet with basso continuo (keyboard instrument with another bass instrument playing an octave lower than the bass recorder). For advanced quartets. Reprint of the 1957 UE original. / Musique contemporaine / Répertoire / Quatuors de Flûtes à Bec et Clavecin ou Piano

Arrangeur: Brian Raby. Par PURCELL HENRY. Pieces From Fairy Queen/ Répertoire / Brass Quartet ou Quintette

In completion of the first part (Hortus Musicus 50 now out of print) this second part to the 'Music To The Midsummer Night's Dream' contains all the remaining four-part instrumental pieces from Henry Purcell's opera 'The Fairy Queen' (1692). Similar to the pieces in the first part the composer wrote them for performance by Strings but they can also be played by Wind Instruments only (in particular wood-wind) or with string and wind instruments mixed and also with one or several instruments to a part. The pieces were put in such an order that they again present a small self-contained suite.The titles to the several numbers which arepartly mentioned more exactly in this book indicate their place in the above named opera by Purcell. They elucidate at the same time the character of the various pieces. Thus No.1 Air (Second Music) is originally a (second) introductory piece of music for the opera which still precedes the actual Overture. No.2 Jig No.5 Air and No.8 Air are instrumental postludes to the first fourth and second acts of the opera respectively whereas No.4 'Dance for the Followers of Night' No.6 'Dance for the Green Men' and No.7 'Monkeys' Dance' present a motley picture of the operatic construction which provided a great number of allegoric persons and figures. From a purely musical point of view this second part too of the 'Music To The Midsummer Night's Dream' contains gems of old instrumental music. May this present book help to gain new friends for the noble art of the great Old-English composer.

A shortened version of Purcell?s Fairy Queen for concert performance devised by Peter Pears with the words taken from an anonymous adaptation of A Midsummer Night?s Dream.