Musicians of Bath and Beyond: Edward Loder (1809-1865) and his Family (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book takes advantage of new and often surprising biographical research on the Loder family as a whole and its four main figures, using them to illustrate aspects of music history in the 19th century.

Musicians of Bath and Beyond: Edward Loder (1809-1865) and his Family illuminates three areas that have recently attracted much interest: the musical profession, music in the British provinces and colonies, and English Romantic opera. The Loder family was pre-eminent in Bath's musical world in the early nineteenth century. John David Loder (1788-1846) led the theatre orchestra there from 1807, and later the Philharmonic orchestra and Ancient Concerts in London; he also wrote the leading instruction manual on violin playing and taught violin at the Royal Academy of Music. His son Edward James (1809-65) was a brilliant but underrated composer of opera, songs, and piano music. George Loder (1816-68) was a well-known flautist and conductor who made a name in New York and eventually settled in Adelaide, where he conducted the Australian premieres of Les Huguenots, Faust, and other important operas. Kate Fanny Loder (1825-1904) became a successful pianist and teacher in early Victorian London, and she is only now getting her due as a composer.
This book takes advantage of new and often surprising biographical research on the Loder family as a whole and its four main figures. It uses them to illustrate several aspects of music history: the position of professional musicians in Victorian society; music in the provinces, especiallyBath and Manchester; the Victorian opera libretto; orchestra direction; violin teaching; travelling musicians in the US and Australasia; opera singers and companies; and media responses to English opera. The concluding section isan intense analysis and reassessment of Edward Loder's music, with special emphasis on his greatest work, the opera Raymond and Agnes.

NICHOLAS TEMPERLEY is Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a leading authority on Victorian music.

CONTRIBUTORS: Stephen Banfield, David Chandler, Andrew Clarke, Liz Cooper, Therese Ellsworth, David J. Golby, Andrew Lamb, Valerie Langfield, Alison Mero, Paul Rodmell, Matthew Spring, Julja Szuster, Nicholas Temperley

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782046899
• Artikelnr.: 56248298

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Temperley

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Nicholas Temperley Earning a Musical Living: The Loders' Career Choices
The Musical Life of Bath, 1800
1850
Matthew Spring The Theatre Royal, Manchester, in Edward Loder's Time
Liz Cooper The Climate for Opera in London, 1834
1865
Alison Mero Loder & Sons, Bath: A Band of Musicians
Andrew Clarke A Master Violinist and Teacher: John David Loder
David J. Golby Edward James Loder (1809
1865): A Life in Music
Andrew Lamb George Loder's Contribution to Musical Life in Colonial Australia
Julja Szuster 'A Magnificent Musician': The Career of Kate Fanny Loder (1825
1904)
Therese Ellsworth 'Three Fifths of him Genius and Two Fifths Sheer Fudge': Heights and Depths in Edward Loder's Work'
Nicholas Temperley 'Ah, trait'ress, me betraying': Edward Loder and his Librettos
David Chandler Edward Loder's Serious Operas
Paul Rodmell Raymond and Agnes: Orchestration and Dramatic Characterisation
Valerie Langfield Epilogue: The 1966 Revival of Raymond and Agnes
Nicholas Temperley Select Bibliography