Musical visitors to Britain
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書誌事項
Musical visitors to Britain
Routledge, 2005
- : hbk
- : pbk
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-251) and index
収録内容
- 'Brothers in the art or science of music' : sixteenth-century visitors
- The restoration : new music, new faces
- Handel (1) : first among visitors
- Handel (2) : an Englishman by choice
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : 'I am a dyed-in-the-wool-Englishman'
- Haydn in London : 'a constellation of musical excellence'
- Interlude : the London pianoforte school
- 'That's Weber in London!'
- Felix Mendelssohn : a genius recognised
- Berlioz and Wagner : a meeting of minds
- Frédérick Chopin : 'my good Scottish ladies'
- Liszt and the wandering years
- Antonin Dvořák : an English celebrity
- 'This quite horrible city' : Tchaikovsky in London
- Richard Strauss : trouble with the censor
- Bartók and the BBC
- The émigré composers : 'his majesty's most loyal internees'
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Britain has attracted many musical visitors to its shores. A varied and often eccentric collection of individuals, some were invited by royalty with musical tastes, some were refugees from religious or political oppression, some were spies, and others came to escape debt or even charges of murder.
This book paints a broad picture of the changing nature of musical life in Britain over the centuries, through the eyes and ears of foreign musicians. After considering three of the eighteenth century's greatest musical figures, the authors consider the rise of the celebrity composer in the nineteenth century, and go on to consider the influence of new forms of transport which allowed travel more freely from the Continent and the USA.
Musical Visitors to Britain also charts the new opportunities presented by the opening of public halls, the growth of music festivals, and the regular influx of composers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, ending with the impact of new musical forms such as jazz.
As much a social as a musical history of Britain, this book will be of interest to anyone studying or working in these fields, as well as to general readers who want to discover more about our musical heritage.
目次
Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction: seeking pastures new, 1 'Brothers in the art or science of music': sixteenth-century visitors, 2 The Restoration: new music, new faces, 3 Handel (1): first among visitors, 4 Handel (2): an Englishman by choice, 5 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 'I am a dyed-in-the-wool Englishman', 6 Haydn in London: 'a constellation of musical excellence', 7 Interlude: the London Pianoforte School, 8 'That's Weber in London!', 9 Felix Mendelssohn: a genius recognized, 10 Berlioz and Wagner: a meeting of minds, 11 Frederic Chopin: 'my good Scottish ladies', 12 Liszt and the wandering years, 13 Antonin Dvofiak: an English celebrity, 14 'This quite horrible city': Tchaikovsky in London, 15 Richard Strauss: trouble with the censor, 16 Bartok and the BBC, 17 The emigre composers: 'His Majesty's most loyal internees', Epilogue: minstrels of the modern age, Notes, Bibliography, Index
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