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Title: C Flat
Review: This book has many illustrations and bounteous historical context. However much I enjoyed the historical background, Purcell himself appears too infrequently and always as a nebulous figure. Sometimes the subject of the book appears to be the monarchy with Purcell as a grace note. There is no insight into the composer and we have no real portrait of him except as a catalogue of his music.I was disappointed that the subject never truly made an appearance and I have no greater understanding of this extraordinary composer.
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