Charles Avison S Essay On Musical Expression

Author : Pierre Dubois
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 365 pages
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Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351572347

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Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression by Pierre Dubois Pdf

Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression, first published in 1752, is a major contribution to the debate on musical aesthetics which developed in the course of the 18th century. Considered by Charles Burney as the first essay devoted to 'musical criticism' proper, it established the primary importance of 'expression' and reconsidered the relative importance of harmony and melody. Immediately after its publication it was followed by William Hayes's Remarks (1753), to which Avison himself retorted in his Reply. Taken together these three texts offer a fascinating insight into the debate that raged in the 18th century between the promoters of the so-called 'ancient music' (such as Hayes) and the more 'modern' musicians. Beyond matters of taste, what was at stake in Avison's theoretical contribution was the assertion that the individual's response to music ultimately mattered more than the dry rules established by professional musicians. Avison also wrote several prefaces to the published editions of his own musical compositions. This volume reprints these prefaces and advertisements together with his Essay to provide an interesting view of eighteenth-century conceptions of composition and performance, and a complete survey of Avison's theory of music.

Author : Charles Avison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
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Release : 1753
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024918920

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An Essay on Musical Expression by Charles Avison Pdf

Author : Pierre Dubois
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351572354

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Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression by Pierre Dubois Pdf

Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression, first published in 1752, is a major contribution to the debate on musical aesthetics which developed in the course of the 18th century. Considered by Charles Burney as the first essay devoted to 'musical criticism' proper, it established the primary importance of 'expression' and reconsidered the relative importance of harmony and melody. Immediately after its publication it was followed by William Hayes's Remarks (1753), to which Avison himself retorted in his Reply. Taken together these three texts offer a fascinating insight into the debate that raged in the 18th century between the promoters of the so-called 'ancient music' (such as Hayes) and the more 'modern' musicians. Beyond matters of taste, what was at stake in Avison's theoretical contribution was the assertion that the individual's response to music ultimately mattered more than the dry rules established by professional musicians. Avison also wrote several prefaces to the published editions of his own musical compositions. This volume reprints these prefaces and advertisements together with his Essay to provide an interesting view of eighteenth-century conceptions of composition and performance, and a complete survey of Avison's theory of music.

Author : Charles Avison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
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Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : UCSD:31822032957516

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An Essay on Musical Expression by Charles Avison Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1753
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1125601496

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Author : Charles Avison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1775
Category : Music
ISBN : OCLC:220664610

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An Essay on Musical Expression ... by Charles Avison Pdf

Author : Charles Avison
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 68 pages
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Release : 2018-04-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1379606233

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A Reply to the Author of Remarks on the Essay on Musical Expression. In a Letter From Mr. Avison, to His Friend in London by Charles Avison Pdf

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T099913 With a half-title and a final 'Proposals for printing by subscription' leaf followed by two final advertisement leaves. The plates are numbered 1, 3-5. Apparently issued as part of the 2nd edition of Avison's 'Essay on musical expression'. London: printed for C. Davis, 1753. [4],53, [7]p., plates: engr. music; 8°

Author : Roz Southey,Eric Cross
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317168331

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Charles Avison in Context by Roz Southey,Eric Cross Pdf

Despite recent interest in music-making in the so-called ’provinces’, the idea still lingers that music-making outside London was small in scale, second-rate and behind the times. However, in Newcastle upon Tyne, the presence of a nationally known musician, Charles Avison (1709-1770), prompts a reassessment of how far this idea is still tenable. Avison’s life and work illuminates many wider trends. His relationships with his patrons, the commercial imperatives which shaped his activities, the historical and social milieu in which he lived and worked, were influenced by and reflected many contemporary movements: Latitudinarianism, Methodism, the improvement of church music, the aesthetics of the day including new ideas circulating in Europe, discussions of issues such as gentility, and the new commercialism of leisure. He can be considered as the notional centre of a web of connections, both musical and non-musical, extending through every part of Britain and into both Europe and America. This book looks at these connections, exploring the ways in which the musical culture in the north-east region interacted with, and influenced, musical culture elsewhere, and the non-musical influences with which it was involved, including contemporary religious, philosophical and commercial developments, establishing that regional centres such as Newcastle could be as well-informed, influential and vibrant as London.

Author : Carol MacClintock
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 456 pages
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Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0253144957

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Readings in the History of Music in Performance by Carol MacClintock Pdf

..". extremely useful... In MacClintock's selections, even when the source is primarily theoretical, she chooses passages that give a lively insight into actual music-making."A -- Continuo Readings on the performance of Western music from the late middle ages to the early nineteenth century describe the accepted conventions and actual practices of former times.

Author : James Kennaway,Rina Knoeff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
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Release : 2020-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429879241

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Lifestyle and Medicine in the Enlightenment by James Kennaway,Rina Knoeff Pdf

The biggest challenges in public health today are often related to attitudes, diet and exercise. In many ways, this marks a return to the state of medicine in the eighteenth century, when ideals of healthy living were a much more central part of the European consciousness than they have become since the advent of modern clinical medicine. Enlightenment advice on healthy lifestyle was often still discussed in terms of the six non-naturals – airs and places, food and drink, exercise, excretion and retention, and sleep and emotions. This volume examines what it meant to live healthily in the Enlightenment in the context of those non-naturals, showing both the profound continuities from Antiquity and the impact of newer conceptions of the body. Chapter 8 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429465642

Author : CHARLES. AVISON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033165158

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ESSAY ON MUSICAL EXPRESSION by CHARLES. AVISON Pdf

Author : Charles Avison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1753
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z254873800

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An Essay on Musical Expression. 2. Ed. With Alterations and Harpe Additions. To Wich is Added, a Letter to the Author, Concerning the Music of Ancients Likewise, Mr. Avison's Repley to the Author of Remarks on the Essay on Musical Expression by Charles Avison Pdf

Author : Andrew Deakin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Music
ISBN : HARVARD:32044041019555

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Musical Bibliography by Andrew Deakin Pdf

Author : Charles Avison
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 0331833204

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An Essay on Musical Expression (Classic Reprint) by Charles Avison Pdf

Excerpt from An Essay on Musical Expression La Mafim zma Volta e l'z'mparawua, Tm gl' buomz'm' 1 pm grandi, ai' 'pz'ujbmofi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Stephen A. Marini
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252051708

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The Cashaway Psalmody by Stephen A. Marini Pdf

Singing master Durham Hills created The Cashaway Psalmody to give as a wedding present in 1770. A collection of tenor melody parts for 152 tunes and sixty-three texts, the Psalmody is the only surviving tunebook from the colonial-era South and one of the oldest sacred music manuscripts from the Carolinas. It is all the more remarkable for its sophistication: no similar document of the period matches Hills's level of musical expertise, reportorial reach, and calligraphic skill. Stephen A. Marini, discoverer of The Cashaway Psalmody, offers the fascinating story of the tunebook and its many meanings. From its musical, literary, and religious origins in England, he moves on to the life of Durham Hills; how Carolina communities used the book; and the Psalmody's significance in understanding how ritual song—transmitted via transatlantic music, lyrics, and sacred singing—shaped the era's development. Marini also uses close musical and textual analyses to provide a critical study that offers music historians and musicologists valuable insights on the Pslamody and its period. Meticulous in presentation and interdisciplinary in scope, The Cashaway Psalmody unlocks an important source for understanding life in the Lower South in the eighteenth century.