Purcell Remembered by Michael Burden (9780571250448)
Michael Burden Format: Paperback / softback Pages: 222 Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 9780571250448 ISBN-10: 0571250440
Purcell was the greatest ornament of English music in the seventeenth century, and has been a source of inspiration for British composers ever since. This book offers a portrait of the composer both in his time and since, using diaries, letters and official and published writings from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries.