Essays on opera and English music : in honour of Sir Jack Westrup / edited by F.W. Sternfeld, Nigel Fortune, Edward Olleson.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Basil Blackwell, 1975. |
| Description | x, 189 pages, 3 leaves of plates, 4 pages of plates : illustrations, music, portrait ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Westrup, J. A. (Jack Allan), 1904-1975, dedicatee. |
| Other author/creator | Sternfeld, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1914-1994 editor. |
| Other author/creator | Fortune, Nigel, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Olleson, Edward, editor. |
| Contents | The neumes of the Martianus Capella manuscripts / Solange Corbin -- Instrumental titles to the sequentiae of the Winchester Tropers / Andreas Holschneider -- An English broadside of the 1520s / A. Hyatt King -- Old and new in Byrd's Cantiones sacrae / Joseph Kerman -- Two studies of Purcell's sacred music. The stylistic origins of the early church music / Peter Dennison ; The domestic sacred music / Nigel Fortune -- Some notes on editing Handel's 'Semele' / Anthony Lewis -- Anticipations of dramatic monody in the late works of Lassus / Wolfgang Boetticher -- The original version of Alessandro Scarlatti's 'Griselda' / Donald Jay Grout -- Handel's 'Sosarme', a puzzle opera / Winton Dean -- The early development of opera in Poland / Gerald Abraham -- Beethoven's 'Fidelio' and the 'Leonore' overture no. 3 / Egon Wellesz -- A note on opera at Oxford / Eric Walter White -- A bibliography of the published writings and music of Sir Jack Westrup / Peter Ward Jones. |
| Abstract | This volume of essays, in honour of Sir Jack Westrup--Emeritus Heather Professor of Music in the University of Oxford--deals with two areas of musical research: the history of English music, and the history of opera. In both, professor Westrup has made distinguished contributions, notably in Purcell (first published, 1937). These essays, by colleagues and pupils, develop and amplify his pioneer work. Articles on English music examine sources ranging from a manuscript of the 10th century in the Bodleian Library to Handelian oratorio in the 18th century. Between these chronological extremes consideration is given to the famous Winchester Troper of the 11th century; English printed song in the 15th century; William Byrd and Henry Purcell. The history of opera is framed by two essays dealing with the 16th and 20th centuries respectively. Anticipations of the style of opera in the works of Orlando di Lasso are traced by Wolfgang Boetticher and the history of the Oxford University Opera Club, founded in 1925, is chronicled by E. W. White. Individual operas discussed include Scarlatti's Griselda, Handel's Sosarme and Beethoven's Leonore. Early opera in Poland extends the coverage to eastern Europe. These essays present new research and will stimulate and challenge the student of English music, while opera--that 'exotic and irrational entertainment'--also profits from the loving analysis and historical perspective here provided. |
| Bibliography note | "A bibliography of the published writings and music of Sir Jack Westrup": pages 177-189. |
| LCCN | 76371431 |
| ISBN | 0631158901 |
| ISBN | 9780631158905 |