Overview

"Britain has attracted many musical visitors to its shores. A varied and often eccentric collection of individuals, some were invited by royalty with musical tastes; some were refugees from religious or political oppressions; some were spies; and others came to escape debt or even murder charges. This book paints a broad picture of musical life in Britain during the last three centuries as seen by foreign musicians. Beginning with the rise of the celebrity composer in the nineteenth century through the invention of new forms of transport, allowing composers to travel more extensively from the Continent and the USA. ""Musical Visitors to Britain"" also charts the new opportunities presented by the opening of public halls, the growth of music festivals, the regular influx of composers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and ends with the consideration of universalising music and new musical forms, such as jazz. This is a fascinating book for those with a special interest in music history, and due to the growing popularity of classical music will appeal to the general reader."

Full Product Details

Author:   Peter Gordon (Institute of Education, University of London, UK) ,  David Gordon
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9780713002386

ISBN 10:   0713002387
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   28 July 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction: seeking pastures new, 1 ‘Brothers in the art or science of music’: sixteenth-century visitors, 2 The Restoration: new music, new faces, 3 Handel (1): first among visitors, 4 Handel (2): an Englishman by choice, 5 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ‘I am a dyed-in-the-wool Englishman’, 6 Haydn in London: ‘a constellation of musical excellence’, 7 Interlude: the London Pianoforte School, 8 ‘That’s Weber in London!’, 9 Felix Mendelssohn: a genius recognized, 10 Berlioz and Wagner: a meeting of minds, 11 Frédéric Chopin: ‘my good Scottish ladies’, 12 Liszt and the wandering years, 13 Antonin Dvofiák: an English celebrity, 14 ‘This quite horrible city’: Tchaikovsky in London, 15 Richard Strauss: trouble with the censor, 16 Bartók and the BBC, 17 The émigré composers: ‘His Majesty’s most loyal internees’, Epilogue: minstrels of the modern age, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Reviews

'This is a lively and enlightening book on how Britain has attracted and even stimulated many of the greatest composers over the past 500 years...The use of telling quotations from diaries, letters and other records not only offer insights to the various distinguished composers, but also gives vivid portraits of the England they visited.' - BBC Music Magazine, December 2005

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