Dr Pippa Drummond argues that festivals represented the most significant cultural events in provincial England during the nineteenth century and emphasizes their particular importance in the promotion and commissioning of new music. Drawing on material from surviving accounts, committee records, programmes, contemporary pamphlets and reviews, Drummond shows how the festivals responded to and reflected the changing social and economic conditions of their day.
Dr Pippa Drummond argues that festivals represented the most significant cultural events in provincial England during the nineteenth century and emphasizes their particular importance in the promotion and commissioning of new music. Drawing on material from surviving accounts, committee records, programmes, contemporary pamphlets and reviews, Drummond shows how the festivals responded to and reflected the changing social and economic conditions of their day.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dr Pippa Drummond was educated at St Hugh's College, Oxford, UK, where she took the degrees of MA, BMus and D.Phil. After a number of years as a Junior Research Fellow and Director of Music at St Hugh's, she was appointed to a Lectureship at Sheffield University. After a break from academic life to bring up a family and pursue a professional flute-playing career Drummond spent several years as Head of Woodwind at Trent College. Drummond is the author of The German Concerto: Five Eighteenth-Century Studies (1980).
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Introduction Part I Chronological Survey: 1784-1810: a tradition established 1810-1830: the early 19th century festival 1830-1850: the Mendelssohn era 1850-1870: consolidation - the mid-century and beyond 1870-1890: supporting English composers 1890-1914: the shadow of war. Part II Themes and Aspects: Performers, performance practice and the press Ambience, logistics and finance Programmes and commissioning The festival orchestra The festival chorus Social history Postscript: the wider picture Select bibliography index.
Contents: Introduction Part I Chronological Survey: 1784-1810: a tradition established 1810-1830: the early 19th century festival 1830-1850: the Mendelssohn era 1850-1870: consolidation - the mid-century and beyond 1870-1890: supporting English composers 1890-1914: the shadow of war. Part II Themes and Aspects: Performers, performance practice and the press Ambience, logistics and finance Programmes and commissioning The festival orchestra The festival chorus Social history Postscript: the wider picture Select bibliography index.
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