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In 1698 in England Henry Purcell wrote his opera, "Dide and Aeneas" as an exercise for a "female dancing academy." Tonight the Lowell House Musical Society will present the same opera.
The opera, composed by Henry Purcell in 1689 is familiar to Music 1 students as an example of "antique English opera." The Lowell House presentation will take place March 24 and 25 in the House dining hall.
As a manifestation of this tendency, the letter points to the resignation of Arthur W. Purcell '50 as vice-president Purcell said last night that the "main reason" for his resigning was that he thought that the judging of the tryouts for the Yale-Princeton debate last year was "incompetent...
¶José Limón's The Moor's Pavanne-Othello to music by Purcell. Limón had provided swirling and courtly choreography for his three accompanying dancers (representing lago, Desdemona, Emilia). And with his dramatic, high-cheekboned, deep-eyed face and high-voltage gestures, big...
In the past three years, Manhattan concert-and operagoers have heard plenty of English Composer Benjamin Britten's music (Peter Grimes, The Rape of Lucretia). This week, a Town Hall audience turned out to hear some Britten music played by the composer himself. As accompanist for English Tenor Peter...