The Life of Sir Henry R. Bishop
Author : Richard Northcott
Publisher : London : The Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 30,60 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Composers
ISBN :
Author : Richard Northcott
Publisher : London : The Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 30,60 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Composers
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Author : Frank Walker
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 35,60 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0226871320
In this classic biography of composer Giuseppe Verdi, Frank Walker reveals Verdi the man through his connections with the individuals who knew him best. “Walker focuses on some of the more significant people in Verdi’s life and carefully scrutinizes his relationships with them. His wife, Giuseppina Strepponi; his student and amanuensis, Emanuele Muzio; the conductor who first fully understood Verdi’s mature art, Angelo Mariani; the great prima donna, Teresa Stolz; the incomparable librettist and friend of his old age, Arrigo Boito—each passes before our eyes in Walker’s meticulous reconstruction. As we learn more about them, we learn more about Verdi. We see him through the eyes of his closest friends, we watch his daily activities, his daily thoughts, his habits, his warmth, his domestic tyranny. The myth dissolves and a human being stands before us.”—Philip Gossett, from the introduction
Author : Henry Rowley Bishop
Publisher : A-R Editions, Inc.
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 23,26 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780895797209
Author : Christina Fuhrmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 33,30 MB
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 1316351874
In the early nineteenth century over forty operas by foreign composers, including Mozart, Rossini, Weber and Bellini, were adapted for London playhouses, often appearing in drastically altered form. Such changes have been denigrated as 'mutilations'. The operas were translated into English, fitted with spoken dialogue, divested of much of their music, augmented with interpolations and frequently set to altered libretti. By the end of the period, the radical changes of earlier adaptations gave way to more faithful versions. In the first comprehensive study of these adaptations, Christina Fuhrmann shows how integral they are to our understanding of early nineteenth-century opera and the transformation of London's theatrical and musical life. This book reveals how these operas accelerated repertoire shifts in the London theatrical world, fostered significant changes in musical taste, revealed the ambiguities and inadequacies of copyright law and sparked intense debate about fidelity to the original work.
Author : Derek Carew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 18,4 MB
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 1317037650
Intended as a supplement to The Mechanical Muse: The Piano, Pianism and Piano Music, c.1760-1850, this Companion provides additional information which, largely for reasons of space but also of continuity, it was not possible or desirable to include in that volume. The book is laid out alphabetically and full biographical entries are provided for all musical figures mentioned, including composers, performers, theoreticians and teachers, as well as piano makers and publishers of music, within the period covered by The Mechanical Muse. There are also entries on figures of importance from outside the period but whose influence is palpably important within it, such as J.S. Bach. As well as biographical information, all these entries contain lists of principal works and a section on further reading so that readers can follow up people and matters of particular interest. Also included in The Companion are entries devoted to particular works and other information of relevance, such as descriptions of musical forms, characteristics of dances and so on, as well as some technical information on music and explanations of technical terms pertaining to keyboard instruments themselves and to ways of playing them. This Companion is not intended to replace existing reference books such as Grove or Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, but will be useful for those who desire to know more about a particular topic and do not necessarily have access to more specialist reference works, or time to visit large or specialist libraries. As such it is indispensable to users of The Mechanical Muse.
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Publisher :
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 44,35 MB
Release : 1855
Category : English periodicals
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Publisher :
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 48,88 MB
Release : 1855
Category : English essays
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Author : Geoffrey Treasure
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1490 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 1998
Category : British
ISBN : 9781884964909
A reference work which presents the history of Britain in biographical form. The two volumes contain over 1500 short biographies of men and women who played an important part in their time.
Author : Edward Cave
Publisher :
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 20,2 MB
Release : 1855
Category : Books and bookselling
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Author : Eleanor Gordon
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,90 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300102208
Study of the lives of Victorian women and their families. This publication offers insights into middle-class life in Britain from 1840 through the early years of the 20th century. Examined are women's relationships, their marriages, the ways they earned and spent their money, and their social, spiritual, and civic lives. The authors explore personal diaries (both men's and women's), correspondence, inventories, wills, census reports, and other documents from Glasgow, the second most important British city of the period.