George Smart and Nineteenth-Century London Concert Life

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78327-064-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 343 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Music in Britain, 1600-2000

The first full length study of Sir George Thomas Smart (1776-1867), musical animateur and early champion of the music of Beethoven

Sir George Thomas Smart (1776-1867) was a significant musical animateur of the early nineteenth century, who earned his living primarily as a conductor but was also significant as an organist, composer and recorder of events. Smart established successful and pioneering London concert series, was a prime mover in the setting up of the Philharmonic Society and the Royal Academy of Music, and taught many of the leading singers of the day, being well versed in the Handelian concert tradition. He also conducted the opera at the Covent Garden Theatre and introduced significant new works to the public - he was most notably an early champion of the music of Beethoven. His journeys to Europe, and his contacts with the leading European musical figures of the day (including Weber, Meyerbeer, Spohr, and Mendelssohn), were crucial to the direction music was to take in nineteenth-century Britain. This detailed account of Smart's life and career presents him within the context of the vibrant concert life of London and wider European musical culture. It is the first full length, critical study of this influential musical figure.

JOHN CARNELLEY is Deputy Director of Music and Head of Academic Music, Dulwich College, London. He holds a PhD in Historical Musicology from the University of London (Goldsmiths College) and has previously published research on the eighteenth-century organ manuscripts of John Reading, held in the Dulwich College Archive.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carnelley, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Romantik (ca. 1830-1900)
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikveranstaltungen und -organisationen, Aufführungspraxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
George Smart and the Musical Profession: 1776-1825
London Concert Life 1800-25
George Smart's Concert Activities 1800-25
Interlude - London and the Continent in 1825
New Musical Directions 1826-30
Change and Conflict 1830-44
Retirement and Old Age 1844-1867
Appendices
Bibliography