Ian Taylor

Music in London and the Myth of Decline

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Taylor questions the widely held belief that the turn of the nineteenth century marked a 'dark age' of musical performance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9780521896092
• ISBN-10: 0521896096
• Artikelnr.: 28928794

Autorenporträt

Ian Taylor writes about an Egyptian girl who becomes a queen due to her goddess. The cat goddess based in ancient Egypt and being reborn in Victorian times.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 'A period of orchestral starvation'? Perceptions of London concert life, 1795-1813
1. The makings of a myth: from Haydn to the Philharmonic
2. The 'rage' for music: West End concert culture and patterns of social change
3. Continuity and disruption in London concert programming, 1795-1813
4. Institutional continuity in London concert life, 1795-1813
5. Musical life outside the West End
6. Public music in private spheres: domestic music in London, 1795-1813
7. 'A period of orchestral starvation'?
Bibliography.