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Purcell: A Biography

Jonathan Keates
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Curated bibliographic registry / established edition record
Jonathan Keates. Purcell: A Biography. London: Chatto & Windus, 1995.
Title
Purcell: A Biography
Author
Jonathan Keates
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Place
London
Year
1995
Language
English
Type
Composer biography

SCOPE & CONTENT

This dossier identifies Purcell: A Biography by Jonathan Keates as a distinct research source for Baroque music. It places the work within scholarship on the composer, repertory and institutions concerned while indexing title and author variants so that the record remains discoverable even when the physical PDF has an abbreviated or inconsistent filename.

RESEARCH VALUE

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COMPOSER AND REPERTOIRE

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SEARCH AND RESEARCH USE

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