Screen LibraryMusic in eighteenth-century Britain
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Ashgate,
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| Publisher Address: | Aldershot, U.K. Burlington, VT |
| Publication Dates: | c2000. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 318 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1840146885 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | J609 |
| CLC: | J609.561 |
| Call Number: | J609.561/M987-2 |
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"The essays in this volume have their origins at a conference on music in eighteenth-century Britain in July 1996, organized by the Department of Music, Cardiff University"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index. Eighteenth-century English music: past, present, future / Peter Holman -- Part 1: Institutions and networks. Italian comic opera at the King's Theatre in the 1760s: the role of the buffi / Saskia Willaert ; Freemasonry and musical life in London in the late eighteenth century / Simon McVeigh ; The London Roman Catholic embassy chapels and their music in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries / Philip Olleson -- Part 2: Genre and repertoire. Italian violoncellists and some violoncello solos published in eighteenth-century Britain / Lowell Lindgren ; Murder most virtuous: the Judith oratorios of De Fesch, Smith and Arne / Eva Zöllner ; A reappraisal of provincial church music / Sally Drage -- Part 3: Sources and resources. Handel's 1735 (London) version of Athalia / Donald Burrows ; The Mackworth collection: a social and bibliographical resource / Sarah McCleave ; The papers of C.I. Latrobe: new light on musicians, music and the Christian family in late eighteenth-century England / Rachel Cowgill -- Part 4: Individuals and style. Maurice Greene's harpsichord music: sources and style / H. Diack Johnstone ; Viotti's 'London' concertos (Nos. 20-29): progressive or retrospective? / Robin Stowell. |