Download or read book The Oldest Music Room in Europe written by John Henry Mee and published by London : J. Lane ; New York : John Lane. This book was released on 1911 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Holywell room.
Download or read book The Oldest Music Room in Europe written by John H. Mee and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Holywell Music Room at Oxford is the subject of The Oldest Music Room in Europe: A Record of Eighteenth-Century Enterprise at Oxford. The Oxford Music Room happens to be an important venue in the history of music, for it is said to be the oldest room in Europe that was built solely for the purpose of musical performance. The early chapters recount the pieces and performances that were held in the Oxford Music Room, which hosted celebrated composers and performers as well as students and faculty. The book goes beyond merely reciting who played and what they played; it also tells anecdotes about the musicians, attendees and performances. An example of one such 'little known fact' that readers are sure to enjoy is that one of the early singers was a relative of Benjamin Franklin and later went on to become the first woman accepted as a prima donna at an Italian Opera House. The author also includes the rules that governed the management of the music room. Management of such an important venue was no simple thing, particularly since it involved the university, travelling musicians and other third parties with substantial egos. A committee was convened to make major decisions, such as scheduling, invitations, transcription of compositions, and payments for musicians. Thhe chapter devoted to the musical library that the Music Room administered is sure to be a favourite with all musicians, and the author lists the various holdings and the number of copies of each one. He goes on to explain that borrowers frequently failed to return the compositions, resulting in many advertisements in the Oxford Journal exhorting people not to steal the music. Readers who are musically inclined will appreciate the author's tone. In addition to being knowledgeable about music and history, he gets in plenty of pithy jabs, such as "Singers and critics were also as tiresome then as they are now." The Oldest Music Room in Europe: A Record of Eighteenth-Century Enterprise at Oxford is an excellent account of an important performance space and the people who made its reputation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Oldest Music Room in Europe written by John H. Mee and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Holywell Music Room at Oxford is the subject of The Oldest Music Room in Europe: A Record of Eighteenth-Century Enterprise at Oxford. The Oxford Music Room happens to be an important venue in the history of music, for it is said to be the oldest room in Europe that was built solely for the purpose of musical performance. The early chapters recount the pieces and performances that were held in the Oxford Music Room, which hosted celebrated composers and performers as well as students and faculty. The book goes beyond merely reciting who played and what they played; it also tells anecdotes about the musicians, attendees and performances. An example of one such 'little known fact' that readers are sure to enjoy is that one of the early singers was a relative of Benjamin Franklin and later went on to become the first woman accepted as a prima donna at an Italian Opera House. The author also includes the rules that governed the management of the music room. Management of such an important venue was no simple thing, particularly since it involved the university, travelling musicians and other third parties with substantial egos. A committee was convened to make major decisions, such as scheduling, invitations, transcription of compositions, and payments for musicians. Thhe chapter devoted to the musical library that the Music Room administered is sure to be a favourite with all musicians, and the author lists the various holdings and the number of copies of each one. He goes on to explain that borrowers frequently failed to return the compositions, resulting in many advertisements in the Oxford Journal exhorting people not to steal the music. Readers who are musically inclined will appreciate the author's tone. In addition to being knowledgeable about music and history, he gets in plenty of pithy jabs, such as "Singers and critics were also as tiresome then as they are now." The Oldest Music Room in Europe: A Record of Eighteenth-Century Enterprise at Oxford is an excellent account of an important performance space and the people who made its reputation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Oldest Music Room in Europe written by John Henry 1852- Mee and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Oldest Music Room in Europe written by John Henry Mee and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Oldest Music Room in Europe A Record of Eighteenth Century Enterprise at Oxford written by John H B 1852 Mee and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book Concert Life in Eighteenth Century Britain written by Susan Wollenberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there has been a considerable revival of interest in music in eighteenth-century Britain. This interest has now expanded beyond the consideration of composers and their music to include the performing institutions of the period and their relationship to the wider social scene. The collection of essays presented here offers a portrayal of concert life in Britain that contributes greatly to the wider understanding of social and cultural life in the eighteenth century. Music was not merely a pastime but was irrevocably linked with its social, political and literary contexts. The perspectives of performers, organisers, patrons, audiences, publishers, copyists and consumers are considered here in relation to the concert experience. All of the essays taken together construct an understanding of musical communities and the origins of the modern concert system. This is achieved by focusing on the development of music societies; the promotion of musical events; the mobility and advancement of musicians; systems of patronage; the social status of musicians; the repertoire performed and published; the role of women pianists and the 'topography' of concerts. In this way, the book will not only appeal to music specialists, but also to social and cultural historians.
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Download or read book Nineteenth Century British Music Studies written by Peter Horton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 2003 and selected from papers given at the third biennial conference on Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain, this volume, in common with its two predecessors, reflects the interdisciplinary character of the topic. The introductory essay by Julian Rushton considers some of the questions that are key to this area of study: what is the nineteenth century, what is British music, and did London influence the continent? The essays that follow are divided into broad thematic groups covering aspects of gender, church music, national identity, and local and national institutions. This collection illustrates that while nineteenth-century British music studies is still in its infancy as a field of research, it is one that is burgeoning and contributing to our understanding of British social and cultural life of the period.
Download or read book The Virtual Haydn written by Tom Beghin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haydn’s music has been performed continuously for more than two hundred years. But what do we play, and what do we listen to, when it comes to Haydn? Can we still appreciate the rich rhetorical nuances of this music, which from its earliest days was meant to be played by professionals and amateurs alike? With The Virtual Haydn, Tom Beghin—himself a professional keyboard player—delves deeply into eighteenth-century history and musicology to help us hear a properly complex Haydn. Unusually for a scholarly work, the book is presented in the first person, as Beghin takes us on what is clearly a very personal journey into the past. When a discussion of a group of Viennese sonatas, for example, leads him into an analysis of the contemporary interest in physiognomy, Beghin applies what he learns about the role of facial expressions during his own performance of the music. Elsewhere, he analyzes gesture and gender, changes in keyboard technology, and the role of amateurs in eighteenth-century musical culture. The resulting book is itself a fascinating, bravura performance, one that partakes of eighteenth-century idiosyncrasy while drawing on a panoply of twenty-first-century knowledge.
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