Henry Purcell: Essays on His Music - Zimmerman, F. B.; Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976; Tippett, Michael 1905-1998; Pears, Peter 1910-1986 (London Oxford University Press, 1968)
Homage to the British Orpheus / P. Pears -- On realizing the continuo in Purcell's songs / B. Britten -- An organist's view of the organ works / R. Downes -- Purcell's librettist, Nahum Tate / I. Holst -- Purcell and the Chapel Royal / J. Noble -- Our sense of continuity in English drama and music / M. Tippett -- Performing Purcell's music today (with a section on the dances by Imogen Holst) / R. Donington -- Further seventeenth- and eighteenth-century evidence bearing on the performance of Purcell's works / R. Donington -- Purcell's autographs / N. Fortune & F. B. Zimmermann -- A note on the Nanki collection of Purcell's works / I. Holst -- New Light on "Dido and Aeneas" / E. W. White -- Purcell's Handwriting / F. B. Zimmermann --
Keywords: Purcell, Henry -- 1659-1695; Tate, Nahum -- 1652-1715; Chapel Royal (London, United Kingdom); 17th Century (1601-1700); Composer; Basso continuo; Dance; Historically informed performance; Organ music; United Kingdom