Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707) - Music from The Island Princess"

Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707) - Music from The Island Princess"

Our program, Music from Jeremiah Clarkes The Island Princess," features eight selections from this dramatic opera or semi-opera. Semi-operas developed in England between 1673 and 1710 and were performed with singing, speaking and dancing roles. When music was written, it was usually for moments in the play immediately following either love scenes or those concerning the supernatural. Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707) was an English baroque composer and associate of Henry Purcell. Clarke was a pupil of John Blow at St Pauls Cathedral. In The Island Princess, a group of European voyagers travel to the Spice Islands and are astounded by the alien culture they encounter. The music, written in 1699, contains the first appearance of what has become known to us as the Trumpet Tune of wedding and graduation fame.

ArsAntiguaPresents.com, directed by Jerry Fuller, is a series free video web cast programs of music from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical eras performed on period instruments.Video production by Phillip W. Serna for ArsAntiguaPresents.com.Copyright 2009 Jerry Fuller.

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