Concerts of Antient Music, Under the Patronage of Their Majesties; As Performed at the New Room, King's Theatre, Hay-Market. 1795

Concerts of Antient Music, Under the Patronage of Their Majesties; As Performed at the New Room, King's Theatre, Hay-Market. 1795

Author: Multiple Contributors

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-21

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781385077993

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T155447 With a list of subscribers and a final leaf of warning to subscribers of the necessity to inform the organizers of the concerts if they wish to cease their subscriptions. London: printed for W. Lee, [1795]. xvi,106, [2]p., plate; 8°


The Cambridge Haydn Encyclopedia

The Cambridge Haydn Encyclopedia

Author: Caryl Clark

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-04-30

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9781107129016

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For well over two hundred years, Joseph Haydn has been by turns lionized and misrepresented - held up as celebrity, and disparaged as mere forerunner or point of comparison. And yet, unlike many other canonic composers, his music has remained a fixture in the repertoire from his day until ours. What do we need to know now in order to understand Haydn and his music? With over eighty entries focused on ideas and seven longer thematic essays to bring these together, this distinctive and richly illustrated encyclopedia offers a new perspective on Haydn and the many cultural contexts in which he worked and left his indelible mark during the Enlightenment and beyond. Contributions from sixty-seven scholars and performers in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, capture the vitality of Haydn studies today - its variety of perspectives and methods - and ultimately inspire further exploration of one of western music's most innovative and influential composers.