William Sterndale Bennett ; edited with an introduction by Nicholas Temperley ; with the assistance of Yunchung Yang.
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Woodbridge :
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Boydell Press,
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2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (x, 182 pages) :
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illustrations.
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British music, 1600-1900
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Lectures by leading Victorian conductor and composer reveal much about musical life at the time.