Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Herausgeber: Golding, Rosemary

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume of primary source material examines the organisation of music in Britian during the ninteenth century. Sources explore music careers and professions, music societies, festivals and concerts, and popular music. This collection will be of great value to students and scholars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 934g
• ISBN-13: 9780367435288
• ISBN-10: 0367435284
• Artikelnr.: 69937195

Autorenporträt

Dr Rosemary Golding, Open University, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Volume 1: Organising Music Acknowledgements Chronology Bibliography General Introduction: Texts and Documents in the History of Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain Introduction - volume 1 Part 1. Careers and profession 1. Charles Dibdin
The Professional Life of M. Dibdin
Written by Himself vol. 1 (London: published by the author
1803)
pp. 11-30
35 2. Anon. 'The Fund for the Support of Decayed Musicians' in The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review vol. 1 no. 1 (1818)
pp. 67-72; anon.
'Mara
Billington
and Catalani' vol. 1 no. 2 (1818)
pp. 164-170; and Richard Mackenzie Bacon ['Vetus']
'On the Character of Musicians' vol. 1 no. 3 (1818)
pp. 284-294 3. H. Byerley Thomson
The Choice of a Profession. A Concise Account and Comparative Review of the English professions (London: Chapman and Hall
1857)
Chapter 16 'The Profession of Music' pp. 308-19 4. Mary Cowden Clarke
The Life and Labours of Vincent Novello (London: Novello & Co.
1863)
pp. 1-7
18-22
51-60 5. Benjamin Lumley
Reminiscences of the Opera (London: Hurst and Blackett
1864)
pp. 23-30 6. Charles Salaman
'On Music as a Profession in England' in Proceedings of the Musical Association 6th Sess. (1879-80)
pp. 107-24 7. Henry Fisher
'Entering the Profession' and 'Organization of the Profession'
in The Musical Profession (London: J. Curwen & Sons
1888)
pp. 7-22
329-339 8. Augustus Harris
'The Opera in England: Some Notes and Reminiscences' in The New Review
9
52 (September 1893)
pp. 257-67 9. Charles Hallé in C.E. Hallé and Marie Hallé (ed.)
Life and Letters of Sir Charles Hallé
being an Autobiography with Correspondence and Diaries (London: Smith
Elder & Co.
1896)
pp. 101-133 10. Emily Soldene
My Theatrical and Musical Recollections (London: Downey & Co.
1897)
pp. 9-19
56-61 11. Wilhemina Wimble
'Incomes for Ladies: Singing as a Profession' in The Lady's Realm
an Illustrated Monthly Magazine vol. 5 (November 1898-April 1899) pp. 375-377 12. Frank Mott Harrison
Reminiscences of Madame Pratten: Guitariste and Composer (Bournemouth: Barnes and Mullins
1899)
pp. 26-30
53-58
70-72 Part 2. Societies and Concert Life 13. Anon.
'The Concert of Antient Music
or King's Concert' in The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review
1
1 (1818)
pp. 58-67 14. Anon.
'Musical Societies' in The Dublin Literary Gazette no. 6 (6 February 1830)
p. 94 and 'Music' no. 8 (20 February 1830)
p. 126 15. John Hullah
'A Visit to the Madrigal Society' in Bentley's Miscellany vol. 1 (1 January 1837)
pp. 465-469 16. Lowell Mason
'Letter XLVI'
Musical Letters From Abroad (New York: Mason Brothers
1854)
pp. 251-6 17. George Hogarth
The Philharmonic Society of London
from its Foundation 1813
to its Fiftieth Year
1862 (London: Bradbury & Evans
1862)
pp. 1-11 18. John Ella
'London Benefit Concerts'
'Classical Chamber Music'
'Musical Union Statistics'
'The Musical Union'
Musical Sketches
Abroad
and at Home (London: Ridgway
1869)
pp. 137-141
348-350
350-351
55-6 19. The Glasgow Choral Union in The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular: Anon.
'Glasgow Choral Union' in vol. 18 no. 418 (1 December 1877)
pp. 594-596
605; 'Occasional Notes' in vol. 19 no. 420 (1 February 1878)
pp. 78; Anon.
'Glasgow Choral Union Concerts' in vol. 19 no. 421 (1 March 1878)
pp. 163-64 20. Leonard Charles Venables
'Introduction'
'Selection of Music'
and 'Concert Profits and Losses'
in The Choral Society (London: J. Curwen & Sons
1888)
pp. 1-3
65-69
70-74 21. Robert A. Marr
Music for the People: A Retrospect of the Glasgow International Exhibition
1888
with an Account of the Rise of Choral Societies in Scotland (Edinburgh and Glasgow: John Menzies & Co
1889)
pp. ciii-cxvi 22. J. A. Webster
'Letter 1: Introductory'
Letters of a Musical Critic: Short Critical Review of Music in Glasgow; season 1893-94 (Glasgow: Morison Bros.
1894)
pp. 13-18 23. Anon.
'The Concert of the Future' in Monthly Musical Record vol. 25 issue 299 (November 1895)
pp. 241-242 Part 3. Festivals and Competitions 24. Daniel Lysons
History of the origin and progress of the Meeting of the Three Choirs of Gloucester
Worcester
and Hereford
and of the Charity connected with it (Gloucester: D. Walker
1812)
pp. 250-262 25. George Farquhar Graham
'Introduction'
An Account of the first Edinburgh Musical Festival (Edinburgh: James Ballantyne & Co.
1816)
pp. 1-14 26. Anon.
'Carmarthen Eisteddfod' in The Cambro-Briton vol. 1 no. 1 (September 1819)
pp. 35-36; and John Parry
'Eisteddfod at Wrexham' in The Cambro-Briton vol. 2 no. 15 (November 1820)
pp. 139-142 27. Anon.
'Grand Musical Festivals' in Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review vol. 6 no. 22 (April 1824)
pp. 244-250 28. John Crosse
An Account of the Grand Musical Festival
held in September
1823
in the Cathedral Church of York; for the Benefit of the York County Hospital
and the General Infirmaries at Leeds
Hull
and Sheffield: to which is prefixed
a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Musical Festivals in Great Britain
with Biographical and Historical Notes (York: John Wolstenholme
1825)
pp. 140-153 and 159-168 29. Solomon Sackbut [Thomas Oliphant]
Comments of a Chorus Singer at the Royal Musical Festival in Westminster Abbey (London: A. Seguin
1834) 30. Lowell Mason
Letter XLVI 'The Norwich Musical Festival'
Musical Letters From Abroad (New York: Mason Brothers
1854)
pp. 258-286 31. A.M. Wakefield
'Foundation Stones of English Music: Music Festivals'
in Murray's Magazine: a home and colonial periodical for the general reader
vol. 4
no. 22 (October 1888)
pp. 489-501 32. Leonard Charles Venables
'Choral Competitions'
in The Choral Society (London: J. Curwen & Sons
1888)
pp. 144-151 33. Joseph N. Hampson
Origin
History & Achievements of the Besses-o' th'-Barn Band (Northampton: Jos. Rogers
1893)
pp. 48-66 34. R. Newmarch
'The Origins of the Musical Competition Festivals: 1885-1900'
in Mary Wakefield: a Memoir (Kendal
1912)
pp. 79-93 Part 4. Outside the Concert Hall 35. Anon. 'Street Music' in The Examiner issue 1927 (4 January 1845)
pp. 2-3; and J.G.
'Street Music' in The Musical World vol. 20 no. 8 (20 February 1845)
p. 88 36. J. E. Ritchie
'The Canterbury Hall' and 'The Southwark Music Hall'
in The Night Side of London (London: William Tweedie
1857)
pp. 58-65
221-226 37. Charles Babbage
'Observations on Street Nuisances'
extracted from Passages in the Life of a Philosopher (London: John Murray
1864)
pp. 3-28. 38. Anon.
The nuisance of street music; or
A plea for the sick
the sensitive
and the studious
by a London physician (London: Henry Renshaw
1869)
pp. 1-11. 39. H. R. Haweis
'Musical Amateurs' and 'Street Music'
in Music and Morals (London: Strahan & Co.
1871)
pp. 524-542
548-570 40. Henry C. Lunn
'Amateurs' in The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular vol. 18 no. 413 (1 July 1877)
pp. 326-327; and 'Home Music-Worship' in The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular vol. 21 no. 453 (1 November 1880)
pp. 537-539 41. Anon. 'Music Halls' in All The Year Round vol. 25 no. 619 (9 October 1880)
pp. 520-524 42. Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald
Music Hall Land: An Account of the Natives
Male and Female
Pastimes
Songs
Antics
and General Oddities of That Strange Country (London: Ward and Downey
1890)
pp. 1-11 43. Dorothy Wallis [Walter Besant]
'At the Music Hall' in Longman's Magazine vol. 22 no. 128 (1 June 1893)
pp. 163-169 44. Mathilde Marchesi
Marchesi and Music (London: Harper & Brothers
1897)
pp. 57-60 Index