Charles Avison in Context: National and International Musical Links in Eighteenth-Century North-East England

ISBN-13: 9781472450746 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 222 str.

Roz Southey; Eric Cross

Opis

Despite recent interest in music-making in the so-called ’provinces’, the idea still lingers that music-making outside London was small in scale, second-rate, and behind the times. However, in Newcastle upon Tyne, the presence of a nationally known musician, Charles Avison (1709-1770), prompts a reassessment of how far this idea is still tenable. This book uses Charles Avison's career as an opportunity to explore the ways in which the musical culture in the north-east region interacted with, and influenced, musical culture elsewhere.

Spis treści

1. Pierre Dubois, "‘Music … is like a conversation among friends, where the few are of one mind": Charles Avison’s Moral Philosophy.’ 2. Margaret Maddison, ‘Charles Avison, Gentleman, And The Vicar Of Bedlington’s Will’. 3. Matthew Gardiner, ‘Charles Avison, John Brown and English Oratorio’. 4. Susan Wollenberg, ‘Avison and Oxford, 1750–1810’ 5. Terry Hurst, ‘Charles Avison and the Methodists – Evangelism and Civilisation’. 6. Steve Marini, ‘Charles Avison and the Psalmody Reform Movement in Britain’. 7. Roz Southey, ‘Managing a Musical Career in the Eighteenth Century: The interweaving of patronage and commercialisation in the careers of Charles Avison and Edward Meredith’.