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Wagner as Man and Artist
Häftad, 2014
653 kr
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Ernest Newman (1868-1959) was undoubtedly the greatest Wagnerian critic of his age. (His magisterial four-volume Life of Richard Wagner is also reissued in this series.) In this 1914 work, he attempts 'a complete and impartial psychological estimate' of a complex and frequently misinterpreted …
A Theory of Harmony
With Questions and Exercises for the Use of Students
Av John Stainer
Häftad, 2009
468 kr
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The British composer John Stainer (1840-1901) was organist at St Paul's Cathedral from 1872 to 1888, and in 1889 became Professor of Music at Oxford. In this third edition of A Theory of Harmony he ceased to call it a theory founded on the tempered scale, as he had previously. He wrote in the …
A Dictionary of Musical Terms
Av John Stainer, William Barrett
Häftad, 2009
720 kr
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This illustrated dictionary, written by the prolific Victorian composer Sir John Stainer (1840-1901) - best remembered today for his oratorio The Crucifixion - and W. A. Barrett, was first published by Novello in 1876. It provides definitions for 'the chief musical terms met with in scientific, …
The Music of the Nineteenth Century and its Culture
Häftad, 2009
557 kr
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A. B. Marx (1795-1866) was a scholar, teacher and critic of music, for many years Professor of Music at the University of Berlin, and a close friend - before a falling-out over the libretto of an oratorio - of Mendelssohn. This influential book, published in German in 1855 and translated into …
The Philharmonic Society of London
From its Foundation, 1813, to its Fiftieth Year, 1862
Häftad, 2009
401 kr
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The Philharmonic Society ('Royal' from 1912) is one of the oldest music societies in the world. Founded in 1813 to provide regular concerts of new music in London, it is famous for its commission of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. This detailed account by George Hogarth, music journalist and Secretary …
The National Music of the World
Av Henry Fothergill Chorley, Henry G. Hewlett
Häftad, 2009
435 kr
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Henry Fothergill Chorley made his name as music journalist for The Athanaeum from 1830 until his retirement in 1868. He published weekly reviews of concerts as well as gossip on musicians and composers of the day. This book is based on four lectures presented by the author at the Royal Institution …
Thirty Years' Musical Recollections
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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Thirty Years' Musical Recollections, first published in 1862, is a year-by-year commentary in two volumes on the European operas, ballets, singers and dancers popular in London from 1830 to 1859. It's author was music critic of The Athaneum for over thirty years and also wrote book reviews, novels, …
Thirty Years' Musical Recollections
Häftad, 2009
557 kr
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Thirty Years' Musical Recollections, first published in 1862, is a year-by-year commentary in two volumes on the European operas, ballets, singers and dancers popular in London from 1830 to 1859. Its author was music critic of The Athaneum for over thirty years and also wrote book reviews, novels, …
Modern German Music
Recollections and Criticisms
Häftad, 2009
586 kr
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Henry Fothergill Chorley was music critic of The Athenaeum for over thirty years, and published several books on the state of contemporary European music, including Music and Manners in France and Germany (1841) and Thirty Years' Musical Recollections (1862), both reissued in this series. In the …
Modern German Music
Recollections and Criticisms
Häftad, 2009
639 kr
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Henry Fothergill Chorley was music critic of The Athenaeum for over thirty years, and published several books on the state of contemporary European music, including Music and Manners in France and Germany (1841) and Thirty Years' Musical Recollections (1862), both reissued in this series. In the …
A Short History of Cheap Music
As Exemplified in the Records of the House of Novello, Ewer and Co., with Special Reference to the First Fifty Years of the Reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria
Av George Grove
Häftad, 2009
401 kr
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The publisher Novello was hugely influential in making music affordable for a wider section of the Victorian public. A Short History of Cheap Music, published in 1887, focuses on Novello's role. It begins with the establishment of the house in 1811, when the founder, Vincent Novello, printed his …
On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music
Häftad, 2009
1056 kr
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Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-94) was a leading scientist who made important contributions to physiology, psychology, physics, philosophy and early neuroscience. Following his foundational work in ophthalmics during the 1850s, he became Professor of Physiology at Heidelberg and, in 1863, published On …
The Evolution of the Art of Music
Häftad, 2009
586 kr
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C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918), knighted in 1902 for his services to music, was a distinguished composer, conductor and musicologist. In the first of these roles he is best known for his settings of Blake's 'Jerusalem' and the coronation anthem 'I was glad'. He was an enthusiastic teacher and …
The Art of Music
Häftad, 2009
619 kr
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C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918), knighted in 1902 for his services to music, was a distinguished composer, conductor and musicologist. In the first of these roles he is best known for his settings of Blake's 'Jerusalem' and the coronation anthem 'I was glad'. He was an enthusiastic teacher and …
Life and Letters of Sir Charles Hallé
Being an Autobiography (1819-1860) with Correspondence and Diaries
Av Charles Hallé, C. E. Hallé m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
656 kr
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Sir Charles Hallé (1819-95) was a German pianist and conductor. At the age of 17 he moved to Paris, where he spent twelve years studying and performing, while moving in circles which included Berlioz, Chopin, Liszt, de Musset and George Sand. In the revolutionary year 1848 he moved to London, where …
The History of the Royal Academy of Music
Compiled from Authentic Sources
Häftad, 2009
606 kr
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The Royal Academy of Music in London was founded in 1822 by Lord Burghersh (later the 11th Earl of Westmorland), a soldier and keen amateur musician, to whom this book is dedicated. He was supported by the French harpist and composer Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, who had fled to London to avoid …
A Short Historical Account of the Degrees in Music at Oxford and Cambridge
With a Chronological List of Graduates in that Faculty from the Year 1463
Häftad, 2009
393 kr
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C. F. Abdy Williams (1855-1923), a noted music scholar, traced the history of the discipline at Oxford and Cambridge from the fifteenth century to the late Victorian period in this 1894 book. He discusses the earliest records of degrees in the subject, the establishment of professorships, the …
British Musical Biography
A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors and Composers, born in Britain and its Colonies
Av James Duff Brown, James Duff Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
720 kr
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Co-authored by James D. Brown (also known for A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians) and Stephen S. Stratton, British Musical Biography is an alphabetical reference work to the key achievements of British musical artists, composers and authors from as early as 1042 AD to the end of the nineteenth …
Music and Manners in France and Germany
A Series of Travelling Sketches of Art and Society
Häftad, 2009
502 kr
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Henry Fothergill Chorley was music critic of The Athenaeum for over thirty years. This three-volume book, published in 1841, originated in a journal written by Chorley while travelling in Europe. His aim was to 'illustrate the present state of theatrical, orchestral, and chamber music abroad', …
Music and Manners in France and Germany
A Series of Travelling Sketches of Art and Society
Häftad, 2009
502 kr
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Henry Fothergill Chorley was music critic of The Athenaeum for over thirty years. This three-volume book, published in 1841, originated in a journal written by Chorley while travelling in Europe. His aim was to 'illustrate the present state of theatrical, orchestral, and chamber music abroad', …
Music and Manners in France and Germany
A Series of Travelling Sketches of Art and Society
Häftad, 2009
502 kr
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Henry Fothergill Chorley was music critic of The Athenaeum for over thirty years. This three-volume book, published in 1841, originated in a journal written by Chorley while travelling in Europe. His aim was to 'illustrate the present state of theatrical, orchestral, and chamber music abroad', …
The Music of Nature
Or, An Attempt to Prove that What Is Passionate and Pleasing in the Art of Singing, Speaking and Performing upon Musical Instruments, Is Derived from the Sounds of the Animated World
Häftad, 2014
804 kr
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The English composer and concert producer William Gardiner (1770-1853) published this work in 1832 in order to explain the 'true principles of musical taste and expression' by listening to the 'germs of melody' in nature. Here he musically notates the sounds of oxen, a Newfoundland dog, a …
The History of Music (Art and Science)
From the Earliest Records to the Fall of the Roman Empire
Häftad, 2009
720 kr
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This 1874 account of the music of ancient Greece, Egypt and Rome was the only volume of the author's proposed history of music to be published. William Chappell, eldest son of the founder of Chappell's the music publishers, was noted for his interest in ancient and traditional music and was the …
Primitive Music
An Inquiry into the Origin and Development of Music, Songs, Instruments, Dances, and Pantomimes of Savage Races
Häftad, 2009
586 kr
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This 1893 study of the music, instruments and dance of the world's indigenous peoples reflects the Victorian view that human development moved from primitive to complex along a linear evolutionary path. Despite this standpoint, it was an important contribution to comparative musicology in the late …
A Dictionary of Musicians, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
Häftad, 2009
720 kr
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The publisher John Sainsbury produced this two-volume biographical dictionary of musicians in 1824. The book, as he acknowledges on his title page, borrows from the previously published works of Choron and Fayolle (in French), Gerber (in German), Orloff (Russian, writing in French), and his two …
A Dictionary of Musicians, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
Häftad, 2009
821 kr
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The publisher John Sainsbury produced this two-volume biographical dictionary of musicians in 1824. The book, as he acknowledges on his title page, borrows from the previously published works of Choron and Fayolle (in French), Gerber (in German), Orloff (Russian, writing in French), and his two …
History of English Music
Av Henry Davey
Häftad, 2009
787 kr
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The British musicologist Henry Davey (1853-1929) was a noted scholar of the manuscript sources of Tudor music. He published the first edition of History of English Music in 1895 with the aim of providing his fellow-musicians with the first clear scholarly account of the full range of English …
Studies of Great Composers
Av Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Häftad, 2009
619 kr
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C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918), knighted in 1902 for his services to music, was a distinguished composer, conductor and musicologist. In the first of these roles he is best known for his settings of Blake's 'Jerusalem' and the coronation anthem 'I was glad'. He was an enthusiastic teacher and …
A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880)
By Eminent Writers, English and Foreign
Av George Grove
Häftad, 2009
921 kr
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This is a reissue of the first edition of George Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, which has since evolved to become the largest and most authoritative work of its kind in English. The project grew in the making: the title page of Volume 1 (1879) refers to 'two volumes', but by the time …
A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880)
By Eminent Writers, English and Foreign
Av George Grove
Häftad, 2009
902 kr
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This is a reissue of the first edition of George Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, which has since evolved to become the largest and most authoritative work of its kind in English. The project grew in the making: the title page of Volume 1 (1879) refers to 'two volumes', but by the time …
