The Sonatas of Henry Purcell: Rhetoric and Reversal

Alon Schab

doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787442634

The Sonatas of Henry Purcell: Rhetoric and Reversal

Alon Schab

Department of Music

University of Haifa

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Abstract

This pathbreaking study reveals Purcell's extensive use of symmetry and reversal In his much-loved trio sonatas, and shows how these hidden structural processes make his music multilayered and appealing.

Table of contents:
Purcell's trio sonatas
Harmony and counterpoint in the service of rhetoric
Indiscernible structures
Proportional symmetry and asymmetry
Mirror symmetry and its implications
Double fugue, triple fugue, and commutatio
Ground bass

Original language	American English
Place of Publication	Rochester, NY
Number of pages	263
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787442634
State	Published - 2018

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Name	Eastman studies in music
Publisher	University of Rochester Press
Volume	146

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