William Sterndale Bennett ; edited with an introduction by Nicholas Temperley ; with the assistance of Yunchung Yang.
Woodbridge :
Boydell Press,
2006.
1 online resource (x, 182 pages) :
illustrations.
British music, 1600-1900
Includes bibliographical references and index.
LIST OF PLATES; FOREWORD; TEXTUAL NOTE; Introduction; PART ONE: Lectures at London and Sheffield, 1858-1859; 1. On the State of Music in English Private Society and the General Prospects of Music in the Future; 2. On the Visits of Illustrious Foreign Musicians to England; 3. On the Vocal Music of England; 4. On the General Prospects of Music in England; PART TWO: Lectures at the London Institution, 1864; 5. [Dramatic Music] [Early Forms of Opera] On the Music for the Theatre by Belgian Composers; 6. On the Music for the Theatre Composed by Natives of Italy.
7. On the Music for the Theatre Composed by Natives of France8. On the Music for the Theatre Composed by Natives of Germany; PART THREE: Lectures at Cambridge University, 1871; 9. Music of the Present Time; 10. Fashions in Music; 11. Bach and Handel; 12. Mozart; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
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Lectures by leading Victorian conductor and composer reveal much about musical life at the time.