Bringing together two burgeoning concerns in Schubert studies, this volume of essays discusses issues of performance practice that have absorbed both practitioners and commentators in the last quarter century, together with the demythologising of Schubert as man and composer.
Music as a Science of Mankind offers a philosophical and historical perspective on the intellectual representation of music in British eighteenth-cent..
The English Bach Awakening concerns the introduction into England of J.S. Bach's music and information about him. Hitherto this subject has been calle..
Whilst E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) is most widely known as the author of fantastic tales, he was also prolific as a music critic, productive as a comp..
The British Copyright Act of 1709 protected proprietors of books and music printed after 10 April 1710 who gave copies to the Company of Stationers in..
Charles Avison's Essay on musical Expression, first published in 1752, is a major contribution to the debate on musical aesthetics which developed in ..
Johann Peter Salomon, the celebrated violinist and impresario, made his debut in England in March 1781. History has credited Salomon with bringing Hay..
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) is now rightly recognized as one of the greatest and most original composers of the nineteenth century. Schubert steadily g..
This book focuses on the cultural, political and religious representations of the Orient in Western Music. Nasser Al-Taee traces several threads in a ..
The collection of essays presented here offers a portrayal of concert life in Britain that contributes greatly to the wider understanding of social an..
Susan Burney (1755-1800), daughter of the music historian Charles Burney and sister of the novelist Frances (Fanny) Burney, was a knowledgeable enthus..