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Concert Room and Orchestra Anecdotes of Music and Musicians, Ancient and Modern (Cambridge Library Collection - Music) (Volume 2) - Couverture souple

Busby, Thomas

 
9781108065269: Concert Room and Orchestra Anecdotes of Music and Musicians, Ancient and Modern (Cambridge Library Collection - Music) (Volume 2)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1108065260 ISBN 13 : 9781108065269
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The writer, composer and organist Thomas Busby (1754-1838) was originally articled to the composer Jonathan Battishill before setting out to make his living from both musical and literary labours. His compositions (many now lost) include songs, theatre music and oratorios. His written output comprised journal articles and monographs, among them A Grammar of Music and A General History of Music (both reissued in this series). The present work, his most endearing, was first published in 1825. Gossipy, informative and highly entertaining, it yields all manner of insights into musical life through history. Approximately a thousand anecdotes are assembled across the three volumes as a delightful potpourri, interspersed with pen portraits of eminent musicians. Volume 2 includes a tale about Louis Xi's request to hear a concert of hogs, along with entries on the Italian castrato Farinelli, English lutist Thomas Mace, Handel's despotism and Mozart's benevolence.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The writer, composer and organist Thomas Busby (1754–1838) was originally articled to the composer Jonathan Battishill before setting out to make his living from both musical and literary labours. His compositions (many now lost) include songs, theatre music and oratorios. His written output comprised journal articles and monographs, among them A Grammar of Music and A General History of Music (both reissued in this series). The present work, his most endearing, was first published in 1825. Gossipy, informative and highly entertaining, it yields all manner of insights into musical life through history. Approximately a thousand anecdotes are assembled across the three volumes as a delightful potpourri, interspersed with pen portraits of eminent musicians. Volume 2 includes a tale about Louis XI's request to hear a concert of hogs, along with entries on the Italian castrato Farinelli, English lutist Thomas Mace, Handel's despotism and Mozart's benevolence.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108065260
ISBN 13 
9781108065269
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
312
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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