Handel and Maurice Greene's Circle at the Apollo Academy
Handel and Maurice Greene's Circle at the Apollo Academy

Author: Matthew Gardner

Publisher: V&R Unipress

Published: 2008-12-10

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 3862346617

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The Apollo Academy, a musical club founded in 1731 by Maurice Greene and his friend Michael Christian Festing, was the performance location of various oratorios, odes and masques produced by composers in Greene's circle of friends, colleagues and pupils. Many of the works performed both in and outside the academy meetings are based on subjects such as Jephtha, Deborah and the choice of Hercules which were well known in eighteenth-century England and also attracted the attention of Handel. This long-overdue study explores these works in terms of their intellectual contexts (political, religious, social and cultural), comparing them to Handel's compositions on the same or similar subjects. Additionally, detailed source information and musical analysis of the works is included as well as a discussion of the competition between Handel and his English contemporaries in order to provide a fuller picture of the diverse musical and cultural life in London during the first half of the eighteenth century.

The Works of John Dryden, Volume VII
The Works of John Dryden, Volume VII

Author: John Dryden

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-15

Total Pages: 1008

ISBN-13: 052090527X

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Dryden's last three years of published works begin with Alexander's Feast and end with Fables, his largest miscellany of poetical translations. Alexander's Feast, like the earlier Song for St. Cecilia's Day (Works, III), was commissioned by the Musical Society for performance at its annual tribute to sacred music. The Fables included selections from Homer, Ovid, Boccaccio, and Chaucer. Extensive and detailed notes to these translations show readers how well Dryden succeeded in transmitting the styles and the very sounds of his originals. Volume VII ends with a section of miscellaneous pieces published at other times, including Dryden's only known Latin work. The presentation of the writings in this volume, like that of the entire twenty-volume series, is a tribute not only to Dryden but also to the editors who have guided it through five decades.

Music in the London Theatre from Purcell to Handel
Music in the London Theatre from Purcell to Handel

Author: Colin Timms

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-06-29

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1108124569

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This book is concerned with a hundred years of musical drama in England. It charts the development of the genre from the theatre works of Henry Purcell (and his contemporaries) to the dramatic oratorios of George Frideric Handel (and his). En route it investigates the objections to all-sung drama in English that were articulated in the decades around 1700, various proposed solutions, the importation of Italian opera, and the creation of the dramatic oratorio - English drama, all-sung but not staged. Most of the constituent essays take an in-depth look at a particular aspect of the process, while others draw attention to dramatic qualities in non-dramatic works that also were performed in the theatre. The journey from Purcell to Handel illustrates the vigour and vitality of English theatrical and musical traditions, and Handel's dramatic oratorios and other settings of English words answer questions posed before he was born.

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music Collection at Burghley House, Stamford
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music Collection at Burghley House, Stamford

Author: Gerald Gifford

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-01

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1351786121

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This title was first published in 2002: Burghley House, Stamford, was built between 1555 and 1587 for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I. The library there contains an extensive collection of manuscript and printed music dating from about 1650 to 1850, substantially formed during the latter part of the 18th century by the Ninth Earl of Exeter. The collection is given particular significance by the inclusion of several rare and in some cases apparently unique volumes. This catalogue examines the Burghley House music collection in the light of contemporary documentary evidence. The opening section describes the people who added to the collection and their musical enthusiasms. This approach brings the collection to life and also enables us to appreciate emergent trends in British music history of the period. With each entry fully described and the printed music referenced to RISM or CPM, this catalogue should form a valuable reference source for all scholars of British music from the 17th to the 19th century.

Music in North-east England, 1500-1800
Music in North-east England, 1500-1800

Author: Stephanie Carter

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1783275413

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This collection situates the North-East within a developing nationwide account of British musical culture.