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The Fairy Queen, Z.629

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Alternative title: The Fairy-Queen (Suite for Piano)
Composer: Henry Purcell
Publisher: Novello & Co.
Genre: Classical / Arrangement
Instrumentation: Piano
Scored for: Solo
Type of score: Piano score
Difficulty: Advanced
Year of composition: 1692
Description: This is a Suite for piano solo consisting of several numbers from The Fairy Queen.

First performance of The Fairy Queen opera was on 2 May 1692 in London. Some parts of The Fairy-Queen opera are known as finest theatre music by Henry Purcell.This opera was lost after Purcell's death but it was rediscovered and received the second life with a great success in the 20th century.
Upload date: 26 Oct 2009

Comments

Wild Rose 04.11.2009

I’m not a very experienced pianist, but not long ago I decided to attempt a larger and more complicated piece of music I played usually before. And a friend of mine, who is keen on playing piano – especially baroque compositions – recommended me playing the semi-opera “The Fairy-Queen” by Henry Purcell. I should say that it’s a rather difficult but interesting and beautiful piece. It has a very diverse character: sometimes it’s playful, sometimes ruthful, but always graceful and refined. I haven’t yet mastered the opera completely, but I’ll do my best to make my play perfect. And I recommend it strongly all pianists who want to try their hands at more serious pieces.