Concert Life in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Herausgeber: Mcveigh, Simon; Wollenberg, Susan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9781138245440
• ISBN-10: 1138245445
• Artikelnr.: 48214152

Autorenporträt

Susan Wollenberg is Professor of Music at the University of Oxford, UK and Simon McVeigh is a Professor at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword; Introduction
Simon McVeigh. Part 1 Towns And Cities: Concert topography and provincial towns in 18th-century England
Peter Borsay; Clergy
music societies and the development of a musical tradition: a study of music societies in Hereford
1690-1760
Elizabeth Chevill; Competition and collaboration: concert promotion in Newcastle and Durham
1752-72
Roz Southey; Musical culture and the capital city: the epoch of the beau monde in London
1700-1870
William Weber. Part 2 Sources And Genres: 'The first talents of Europe': British music printers and publishers and imported instrumental music in the 18th century
Jenny Burchell; Musicians and music copyists in mid-18th-century Oxford
Donald Burrows and Peter Ward Jones; The catch and glee in 18th-century provincial England
Brian Robins; The string quartet in London concert life
1769-99
Meredith McFarlane and Simon McVeigh. Part 3 Contexts For Concerts: Music and drama at the Oxford Act of 1713
H. Diack Johnstone; The pleasures and penalties of networking: John Frederick Lampe in the summer of 1750
Roy Johnston; 'So much rational and elegant amusement
at an expence comparatively inconsiderable': the Holywell concerts in the 18th century
Susan Wollenberg; Gigs
roadies and promoters: marketing 18th-century concerts
Rosamond McGuinness; Women pianists in late 18th-century London
Nicholas Salwey. Index.