Performing rustics: pastoral moments and masques in Henry Purcell’s King Arthur (1691) and Benjamin Britten’s Gloriana (1953)
This essay analyses the functions and forms of the pastoral masques in two musical works celebrating England and its monarchs: Purcell’s semi-opera King Arthur (1691) and Britten’s coronation opera Gloriana (1953). The conventions of the masque and the pastoral combine in performances involving sing...
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| Language: | English |
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Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA)
2017-06-01
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| Series: | E-REA |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/erea/5760 |