Musical Biography 2 Volume Set

Or, Memoirs of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Musical Composers and Writers, Who Have Flourished in the Different Countries of Europe During the Last Three Centuries
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-108-06428-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 832 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 1052 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Music

A naturalist and Church of England clergyman, William Bingley (1774–1823) wrote widely on botany, topography and zoology. Works such as his Tour of North Wales (1800), Animal Biography (1802) and Memoirs of British Quadrupeds (1809) enjoyed great popularity. He served as curate of the priory in Christchurch, Hampshire, and from 1816 to 1823 as minister of Fitzroy Chapel in Charlotte Street, London. This two-volume publication, which first appeared in 1814, is one of his many works of compilation. Bingley takes as his principal sources the great music histories of Hawkins and Burney (also reissued in this series), to which he acknowledges his debt. The work comprises vignettes of chiefly Italian, German and British composers of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, touching also on French and Spanish musicians. Volume 1 covers the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Volume 2 focuses on the eighteenth century, including a chapter devoted to Handel.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bingley, William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Preface; Introduction; 1. English musical composers and writers, 1500–1600; 2. Italian musical composers and writers, 1500–1600; 3. German musical composers and writers, 1500–1600; 4. English musical composers and writers, 1600–50; 5. Italian musical composers and writers, 1600–50; 6. English musical composers and writers, 1650–1700; 7. Italian musical composers and writers, 1650–1700; 8. German musical composers and writers, 1650–1700; 9. French musical composers and writers, 1500–1700; 10. English musical composers and writers, 1700–25. Volume 2: 11. Italian musical composers and writers, 1700–25; 12. English musical composers and writers, 1700–25; 13. Italian musical composers and writers, 1725–50; 14. German musical composers and writers, 1700–50; 15. George Frederick Handel; 16. French musical composers and writers, 1700–1812; 17. Spanish musical composers and writers, 1500–1750; 18. British musical composers and writers, 1750–1812; 19. Italian musical composers and writers, 1750–1812; 20. German musical composers and writers, 1750–1812; Explanatory index.