Restoration theatre airs / transcribed and edited by Peter Holman and Andrew Woolley.

Format:

Musical score

Contributor:

Holman, Peter, 1946- editor.

Woolley, Andrew, editor.

Series:

Musica Britannica ; 0580-2954 110.

Musica Britannica, 0580-2954 ; CX

Language:

English

French

German

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Incidental music--England--17th century--Scores.

Incidental music.

Overtures.

Genre:

Dramatic music.

Overtures.

Incidental music.

Ayres.

Physical Description:

1 score (lix, 156 pages) : facsimiles ; 33 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Stainer and Bell, 2025.

Summary:

An extensive survey of the genre from the mid-1670s to the reign of Queen Anne, thirteen sets of theatre airs by Purcell's contemporaries and followers offer valuable context for his own contribution to the repertoire, and broaden our appreciation of secular music-making in Restoration England. Earlier collections of airs by Locke and Smith, Turner, Anonymous and Grabu were composed for the Duke's Company and its successor, the United Company. Following the latter's dissolution in 1695, further sets were written for the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre by Finger, Forcer, Eccles, Corbett and Gillier, and for the Drury Lane Theatre by Croft, Clarke, Paisible and Barrett. Representing important composers and idioms has been the primary criterion for selection--from nearly 150 known sets--where possible avoiding material already available in scholarly editions.

Contents:

Airs for The tempest by William Shakespeare, adapted by John Dryden, William Davenant and Thomas Shadwell, for the Duke's Company (DG, 30 April 1674) / Matthew Locke (1621/2-77) and Robert Smith (c. 1648-75)

Airs for Pastor Fido, or The Faithful Shepherd by Elkanah Settle, for the Duke's Company (DG, November or December 1676) / William Turner (1651/2-1740)

Airs for Mustapha, the Son of Solyman the Magnificent by Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery, possibly for an unidentified revival around 1680 / Anonymous

Airs for Valentinian by John Fletcher, adapted by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, for the United Company (HT, 11 February 1684) / Louis Grabu (fl. 1665-94)

Airs for The Mourning Bride by William Congreve, for Betterton's Company (LIF, 20 February 1697) / Gottfried Finger (c. 1655-1730)

Airs for The Innocent Mistress by Mary Pix, for Betterton's Company (LIF, late June 1697) / Francis Forcer (1649-1705)

Airs for Courtship A-la-Mode by David Crauford, for Rich's Company (DL, 9 July 1700) / William Croft (1678-1727)

Airs for The Mad Lover by John Fletcher, adapted by Peter Anthony Motteux, for Betterton's Company (LIF, probably January 1701) / John Eccles (1670-1735)

Airs for All for the Better, or The Infallible Cure by Francis Manning, for Rich's Company (DL, October 1702) / Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674-1707)

Airs for She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not, or The Kind Imposter by Colley Cibber, for Rich's Company (DL, 26 November 1702) / James Paisible (c. 1656-1721)

Airs for Love Betray'd, or The Agreeable Disappointment by William Burnaby, for Betterton's Company (LIF, probably January 1703) / William Corbett (1680-1748)

Airs for The Albion Queens, or The Death of Mary Queen of Scots by John Banks, for Rich's Company (DL, 6 March 1704) / John Barrett (c. 1676-1719)

Airs for The Stratagem by George Farquhar, for Swiney's Company (QT, 8 March 1707) / ?Pierre Gillier (b. 1665).

Notes:

Preface in English, French, and German; introduction, editorial and performance notes and critical commentary in English.

Dedicated by gracious permission to His Majesty King Charles III"--Unnumbered page v.

"Published for the Musica Britannica Trust established by the Royal Musical Association."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780852499757

0852499752

OCLC:

1526950216

Publisher Number:

9790220229183