Music In Eighteenth Century Britain

Author : DavidWyn Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351557405

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Music in Eighteenth-Century Britain by DavidWyn Jones Pdf

This collection of essays by some of the leading scholars in the field looks at various aspects of musical life in eighteenth-century Britain. The significant roles played by institutions such as the Freemasons and foreign embassy chapels in promoting music making and introducing foreign styles to English music are examined, as well as the influence exerted by individuals, both foreign and British. The book covers the spectrum of British music, both sacred and secular, and both cosmopolitan and provincial. In doing so it helps to redress the picture of eighteenth-century British music which has previously portrayed Handel and London as its primary constituents.

Author : Maria Semi
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Music
ISBN : 1409428680

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Music as a Science of Mankind in Eighteenth-century Britain by Maria Semi Pdf

Music as a Science of Mankind offers a philosophical and historical perspective on the intellectual representation of music in British eighteenth-century culture. A particularly rich field of investigation, developed between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, was the British philosophy of the mind and of human understanding which looked at music and found in its realm a way of understanding human experience. Maria Semi sheds light on how these reflections moved towards a Science of Music: the discipline that was later to be known as 'musicology'.

Author : Matthew Gardner,Alison DeSimone
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781108492935

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Music and the Benefit Performance in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Matthew Gardner,Alison DeSimone Pdf

Reveals how the musical benefit allowed musicians, composers, and audiences to engage in new professional, financial, and artistic contexts.

Author : Charles Cudworth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521235251

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Music in Eighteenth-Century England by Charles Cudworth Pdf

The essays in this book are devoted to the social and intellectual background of eighteenth-century music.

Author : Maria Semi,translated by Timothy Keates
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317092209

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Music as a Science of Mankind in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Maria Semi,translated by Timothy Keates Pdf

Music as a Science of Mankind offers a philosophical and historical perspective on the intellectual representation of music in British eighteenth-century culture. From the field of natural philosophy, involving the science of sounds and acoustics, to the realm of imagination, involving resounding music and art, the branches of modern culture that were involved in the intellectual tradition of the science of music proved to be variously appealing to men of letters. Among these, a particularly rich field of investigation was the British philosophy of the mind and of human understanding, developed between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which looked at music and found in its realm a way of understanding human experience. Focussing on the world of sensation - trying to describe how the human mind could develop ideas and emotions by its means - philosophers and physicians often took their cases from art's products, be it music (sounds), painting (colours) or poetry (words as signs of sound conveying a meaning), thus looking at art from a particular point of view: that of the perceiving mind. The relationship between music and the philosophies of mind is presented here as a significant part of the construction of a Science of Man: a huge and impressive 'project' involving both the study of man's nature, to which - in David Hume's words - 'all sciences have a relation', and the creation of an ideal of what Man should be. Maria Semi sheds light on how these reflections moved towards a Science of Music: a complex and articulated vision of the discipline that was later to be known as 'musicology'; or Musikwissenschaft.

Author : Susan Wollenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351571203

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Concert Life in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Susan Wollenberg Pdf

In recent years there has been a considerable revival of interest in music in eighteenth-century Britain. This interest has now expanded beyond the consideration of composers and their music to include the performing institutions of the period and their relationship to the wider social scene. The collection of essays presented here offers a portrayal of concert life in Britain that contributes greatly to the wider understanding of social and cultural life in the eighteenth century. Music was not merely a pastime but was irrevocably linked with its social, political and literary contexts. The perspectives of performers, organisers, patrons, audiences, publishers, copyists and consumers are considered here in relation to the concert experience. All of the essays taken together construct an understanding of musical communities and the origins of the modern concert system. This is achieved by focusing on the development of music societies; the promotion of musical events; the mobility and advancement of musicians; systems of patronage; the social status of musicians; the repertoire performed and published; the role of women pianists and the 'topography' of concerts. In this way, the book will not only appeal to music specialists, but also to social and cultural historians.

Author : Michael Burden,Irena Cholij
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : PSU:000043447534

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A Handbook for Studies in 18th-century English Music by Michael Burden,Irena Cholij Pdf

Author : Peter Holman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351557320

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Music in the British Provinces, 1690-1914 by Peter Holman Pdf

The period covered by this volume, roughly from Purcell to Elgar, has traditionally been seen as a dark age in British musical history. Much has been done recently to revise this view, though research still tends to focus on London as the commercial and cultural hub of the British Isles. It is becoming increasingly clear, however, that by the mid-eighteenth century musical activity outside London was highly distinctive in terms of its reach, the way it was organized, and its size, richness, and quality. There was an extraordinary amount of musical activity of all sorts, in provincial theatres and halls, in the amateur orchestras and choirs that developed in most towns of any size, in taverns, and convivial clubs, in parish churches and dissenting chapels, and, of course, in the home. This is the first book to concentrate specifically on musical life in the provinces, bringing together new archival research and offering a fresh perspective on British music of the period. The essays brought together here testify to the vital role played by music in provincial culture, not only in socializing and networking, but in regional economies and rivalries, demographics and class dynamics, religion and identity, education and recreation, and community and the formation of tradition. Most important, perhaps, as our focus shifts from London to the regions, new light is shed on neglected figures and forgotten repertoires, all of them worthy of reconsideration.

Author : Kate Horgan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317318019

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The Politics of Songs in Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1723–1795 by Kate Horgan Pdf

Horgan analyses the importance of songs in British eighteenth-century culture with specific reference to their political meaning. Using an interdisciplinary methodology, combining the perspectives of literary studies and cultural history, the utilitarian power of songs emerges across four major case studies.

Author : Cyril Ehrlich
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Music
ISBN : UCAL:B4328606

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The Music Profession in Britain Since the Eighteenth Century by Cyril Ehrlich Pdf

This is the first history of an occupational group that aspired to, but failed to achieve, the status of a liberal profession. The book explains the vigorous expansion of the music profession in the 19th and early 20th centuries, as the widespread demand for lessons and the revolution in commercialized entertainment created new employment opportunities, and follows the profession through to its subsequent decline, as changing leisure patterns, "talkies", and relentless improvements in recording technologies displaced both teachers and performers. This wideranging study also discusses the origins of musicians' unions and professional associations, and the proliferation of conservatories and diplomas that persist right up to the present day.

Author : Susan Wollenberg,Simon McVeigh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN : 0754638685

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Concert Life in Eighteenth-century Britain by Susan Wollenberg,Simon McVeigh Pdf

In recent years there has been a considerable revival of interest in music in eighteenth-century Britain. This interest has now expanded beyond the consideration of composers and their music to include the performing institutions of the period and their relationship to the wider social scene. The collection of essays presented here offers a portrayal of concert life in Britain that contributes greatly to the wider understanding of social and cultural life in the eighteenth century. Music was not merely a pastime but was irrevocably linked with its social, political and literary contexts. The perspectives of performers, organisers, patrons, audiences, publishers, copyists and consumers are considered here in relation to the concert experience. All of the essays taken together construct an understanding of musical communities and the origins of the modern concert system. This is achieved by focusing on the development of music societies; the promotion of musical events; the mobility and advancement of musicians; systems of patronage; the social status of musicians; the repertoire performed and published; the role of women pianists and the 'topography' of concerts. In this way, the book will not only appeal to music specialists, but also to social and cultural historians.

Author : Alison DeSimone
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781942954781

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The Power of Pastiche by Alison DeSimone Pdf

In eighteenth-century England, “variety” became a prized aesthetic in musical culture. Not only was variety—of counterpoint, harmony, melody, and orchestration—expected for good composition, but it also manifested in cultural mediums such as songbook anthologies, which compiled miscellaneous songs and styles in single volumes; pasticcio operas, which were cobbled together from excerpts from other operas; and public concerts, which offered a hodgepodge assortment of different types and styles of performance. I call this trend of producing music through the collection, assemblage, and juxtaposition of various smaller pieces as musical miscellany; like a jigsaw puzzle (also invented in the eighteenth century), the urge to construct a whole out of smaller, different parts reflected a growing desire to appeal to a quickly diversifying England. This book explores the phenomenon of musical miscellany in early eighteenth-century England both in performance culture and as an aesthetic. Chapters offer analyses of concert programming, early music criticism, the compilation of pasticcio operas and songbook miscellanies, and even the ways in which composers and performers shaped their freelancing careers. Musical miscellany, in its many forms, juxtaposed foreign and homegrown musical practices and styles in order to stimulate discourse surrounding English musical culture during a time of cosmopolitan transformation as the eighteenth century unfolded.

Author : William Weber
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X006040289

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The Rise of Musical Classics in Eighteenth-century England by William Weber Pdf

This is the first book to explore the formation of musical 'classics' in regard to repertory and social context. It examines the performance of old music in eighteenth-century England, from the interest in music of the Elizabethan period at the beginning of the century, through the performance of works by Henry Purcell, Arcangelo Corelli, and other English and Italian composers, and the development of festivals that featured choral-orchestral works of Purcell and Handel. It concludes with the establishment of the Concert of Antient Music in 1776, where the traditions of performing old works came together as a self-conscious canon focused upon the work of Handel. The book examines closely the political and social reasons for these developments. In addition, it shows how they laid the groundwork for the classical-music tradition of the nineteenth century.

Author : Ian Woodfield
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780191541735

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Music of the Raj by Ian Woodfield Pdf

Music of the Raj is a study of musical life in late eighteenth-century Anglo-Indian society, based on the unpublished correspondence of an extended network of families. The writers of these letters - amateurs with a passionate commitment to the art of music - provide a perceptive commentary on many of the major issues of the day: the stylistic change from Baroque to Galant, the replacement of the harpsichord with the pianoforte, the establishment of the musical canon, and the growing economic and cultural influence of women musicians. Among the topics discussed are the transport, tuning and maintenance of instruments, the relationship between amateur pupil and professional teacher, the conduct of the domestic musical soirée, the role of glee singing in courtship, and the musical education of children. An account is also given of the growth of an expatriate musical culture among the European inhabitants of early colonial Calcutta, and the musical tastes of major Anglo-Indian figures such as Robert Clive, Warren Hastings, and Sir William Jones are assessed. English attitudes to Indian music is an important theme, especially as manifested in the fashion for the Hindostannie airs, transcriptions of Indian melodies in European musical language. The study concludes with an examination of the musical lives of wealthy nabobs back in England, where they immersed themselves in Indian musical culture, taking the Grand Tour, supporting opera at the Kings Theatre, and employing fashionable Italian teachers for their children.

Author : DavidWyn Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351557412

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Music in Eighteenth-Century Britain by DavidWyn Jones Pdf

This collection of essays by some of the leading scholars in the field looks at various aspects of musical life in eighteenth-century Britain. The significant roles played by institutions such as the Freemasons and foreign embassy chapels in promoting music making and introducing foreign styles to English music are examined, as well as the influence exerted by individuals, both foreign and British. The book covers the spectrum of British music, both sacred and secular, and both cosmopolitan and provincial. In doing so it helps to redress the picture of eighteenth-century British music which has previously portrayed Handel and London as its primary constituents.