{"product_id":"eccles-court-odes-ar","title":"Eccles: Court Odes","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/zh\/collections\/john-eccles\"\u003eJohn Eccles (1668-1735)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rebecca Herissone\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Full Score\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9781987208962\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Eccles is today mainly remembered for his theater works, but, as Master of the King's\/Queen's Music, he was also the principal composer of ceremonial courts odes for William III and Anne, producing some twenty New Year odes and fourteen birthday odes during his thirty-five years in the post—twice as many as Henry Purcell's output in the same genre. The fact that his odes are so little known today is partly due to how few survive: music is extant for only five odes, three of them incomplete. This volume presents the first complete modern edition of Eccles's surviving court odes. There is much superb music awaiting discovery here: by the time he wrote his first odes, Eccles was already a seasoned theater composer, and his odes can be equally dramatic and virtuosic; at the same time, they demonstrate confident control both of the choral and orchestral forces at his disposal, and of the works' large-scale architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWake, Britain, Wake (New Year Ode, 1702), Nahum Tate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: Wake, Britain, wake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: Behold the dragon, Gallic pow'r\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: Of glorious liberty possessed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHark, How the Muses Call Aloud (New Year Ode, 1703), Nahum Tate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuet: Hark, how the Muses call aloud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: They call and bid the spring appear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: Like you (the goddess thus replies)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: Sound thy loudest trumpet, Fame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: War's angry voice be heard no more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: Let thus thy prosp'rous minutes glide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspire Us, Genius of the Day (Birthday Ode, 1703), Peter Anthony Motteux\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrio: Inspire us, genius of the day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus: Join all ye Muses, sing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: Blest day, arise in state\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuet: From this happy day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus: By seasons and by fleeting hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: No, Albion, thou can'st ne'er repay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: Firm as a rock above the ocean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus: Great Queen, go on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Year Ode, 1704, ?Nahum Tate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: While Anna with victorious arms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwake, Awake, Harmonious Pow'rs (Birthday Ode, 1704), ?Nahum Tate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: Awake, awake, harmonious pow'rs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus: Like her sovereign self\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrio: Chide the drowsy spring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: No, let the loit'ring goddess sleep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDialogue: Call the Graces' brighter pow'rs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus: From the cottage and cell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: 'Tis thus our Anna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo: Her pow'rful foes she thus alarms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus: Europe, cast thy cares away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"A-R Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752364961871,"sku":"B241","price":392.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/c9c5ba2be4c489afa6681c9b39865688.jpg?v=1773418835","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/zh\/products\/eccles-court-odes-ar","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}