Music and the Benefit Performance in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Herausgeber: Gardner, Matthew; Desimone, Alison

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9781108730150
• ISBN-10: 1108730159
• Artikelnr.: 63562915

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Alison DeSimone and Matthew Gardner; Part I. Musical Benefits
in the London Theatre: Networks and Repertories: 1. Risks and rewards:
benefits and their financial impact on actors, authors, singers, and other
musicians in London, c. 1690-1730 Kathryn Lowerre; 2. With several
entertainments of singing and dancing: London Theatre benefits, 1700-1725
Olive Baldwin and Thelma Wilson; 3. Concertos 'upon the stage' in early
Hanoverian London: the instrumental counterpart to opera Seria Robert G.
Rawson; 4. Cobblers, country fairs, and cross-dressing: benefits and the
development of ballad opera Vanessa Rogers; Part II. Beyond London: Mimicry
or Originality?: 5. Benefit concerts in the North of England: more than
just musical entertainment Roz Southey; 6. Amateur music-making,
professional musicians, and benefit concerts in Edinburgh Stefanie
Acquavella-Rauch; 7. English music in benefit concerts: Henry Purcell and
the next generation Amanda Eubanks Winkler; 8. Strategies of performance:
benefits, professional singers, and Italian opera in the early eighteenth
century Alison DeSimone; Part IV. Charity Benefits: 9. The Mercer's
Hospital Charity Services: music charity in eighteenth-century Dublin
Tríona O'Hanlon; 10. English Oratorio and charity benefits in
mid-eighteenth-century London Matthew Gardner; Part V. The Role of the
Audience: 11. Encountering 'the most extraordinary prodigy': meeting Master
Mozart in Georgian London John Irving; 12. Benefits: Cui Bono? David
Hunter.