Purcell_the_tempest_z_631_curtain_tune Info

The "Curtain Tune" served as incidental music designed to transition the audience from the spoken drama to the musical "masques" within the play.

Many experts now attribute the majority of the score to , who likely wrote it for a revival of the play around 1712. purcell_the_tempest_z_631_curtain_tune

While the Curtain Tune sets the stage, the full work is celebrated for several other notable movements often found in recordings such as the one by John Eliot Gardiner : The "Curtain Tune" served as incidental music designed