id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 14430 Runciman, John F. Purcell .txt text/plain 17000 911 74 the immortal youth of Purcell's music, let us make a comparison. day did that come to pass; but the music of Purcell and of others in his was long held that Purcell wrote the incidental music for _Aureng-Zebe_, time and in tune; he wanted secular, not sacred, music in church. old-fashioned genuine devotional music, Purcell must have heard from is that in Purcell's music there are no marked stages of development, no Emperour_ was first played in 1665; Purcell added music in 1692. plays embellished by Purcell have nothing like the quantity of music we that in the theatre of that time Purcell had only strings to write for. The set forms of Purcell's day were the dances. theatre manager demanded of Purcell was a piece of music to occupy the little either of Purcell's music or Handel's. Purcell's music it is not needed. In these ten sonatas we have Purcell, the composer of pure music, ./cache/14430.txt ./txt/14430.txt