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    Keyboard Works
    Keyboard Works
    Keyboard Works
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    Keyboard Works

    By Henry Purcell

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    Renowned for the originality of his music and his gifts as a melodist, Henry Purcell (1659–1695) was the preeminent English composer of the seventeenth century and one of the greatest that nation has ever produced. His gifts are apparent not only in the vocal and orchestral works on which his fame rests, but in his delightful keyboard music, much of which is relatively simple and easy to perform. This volume is a near-complete collection of Purcell's keyboard compositions, including the eight suites, the core of his keyboard works. Also included are many miscellaneous one-movement pieces: airs, trumpet tunes (for harpsichord solo), grounds, preludes, dances, etc.
    Piano students and pianists of intermediate skills will enjoy these pieces for their charm and accessibility. Gathered here in one convenient, inexpensive volume, they offer a treasury of time-honored music that musicians and music lovers will turn to again and again.
    This volume has been edited with a preface by the noted music scholar William Barclay Squire.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateOct 29, 2013
    ISBN9780486171869
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      Keyboard Works - Henry Purcell

      Keyboard Works

      Henry Purcell

      Bibliographical Note

      This Dover edition, first published in 1990, is a republication of Suites, Lessons and Pieces for the Harpsichord (Original Works for the Harpsichord), edited by William Barclay Squire and originally published in four volumes by J. & W. Chester, London and Brighton, in 1918. The French version of the Preface has been omitted, and a table of contents and a publisher’s note have been added. We are grateful to the Music Library of Indiana University for lending a portion of the music for reproduction..

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.

      [Harpsichord music]

      Keyboard works.

      Reprint. Originally published: Suites, lessons, and pieces. London: J. & W. Chester, 1918.

      9780486171869

      1. Harpsichord music. I. Squire, William Barclay, 1855-1927.

      1. Title.

      M22.P98S7 1990

      90-751444

      Manufactured in the United States by Courier

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