Concert Life in Eighteenth-century Britain

Concert Life in Eighteenth-century Britain
Title Concert Life in Eighteenth-century Britain PDF eBook
Author Susan Wollenberg
Publisher Routledge
Total Pages 299
Release 2004
Genre Music
ISBN 9780754638681

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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.

Concert Life in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Concert Life in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Title Concert Life in Eighteenth-Century Britain PDF eBook
Author Susan Wollenberg
Publisher Routledge
Total Pages 320
Release 2017-07-05
Genre Music
ISBN 1351571214

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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.

Concert Life in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Concert Life in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Title Concert Life in Eighteenth-Century Britain PDF eBook
Author Susan Wollenberg
Publisher Routledge
Total Pages 319
Release 2017-07-05
Genre Music
ISBN 1351571206

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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.

Music and the Benefit Performance in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Music and the Benefit Performance in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Title Music and the Benefit Performance in Eighteenth-Century Britain PDF eBook
Author Matthew Gardner
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Total Pages 303
Release 2019-10-31
Genre Music
ISBN 1108492932

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

Culture in Eighteenth-Century England

Culture in Eighteenth-Century England
Title Culture in Eighteenth-Century England PDF eBook
Author Jeremy Black
Publisher A&C Black
Total Pages 314
Release 2007-02-01
Genre History
ISBN 9781852855345

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He also shows the different currents at work, belying any simple picture of England and the English as confident and self-assured."--BOOK JACKET.

Music in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Music in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Title Music in Eighteenth-Century Britain PDF eBook
Author DavidWyn Jones
Publisher Routledge
Total Pages 299
Release 2017-07-05
Genre Music
ISBN 1351557408

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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.

George Smart and Nineteenth-century London Concert Life

George Smart and Nineteenth-century London Concert Life
Title George Smart and Nineteenth-century London Concert Life PDF eBook
Author John Carnelley
Publisher Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages 345
Release 2015
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1783270640

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The first full length study of Sir George Thomas Smart (1776-1867), musical animateur and early champion of the music of Beethoven