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Zusatztext A lucidly written survey of the leading aspects of musical life in the city over more than two centuries ... it leads the reader through the old practices of musical life in sympathetic and enlightening fashion. Informationen zum Autor University Lecturer in Music, Faculty of Music, University of Oxford (1972-- )Fellow and Tutor in music, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (1972-- )Director of Studies in Music, Brasenose College, Oxford (1987-- )Fellow Archivist, Lady Margaret Hall (1986-- ) Klappentext This survey distills a wide range of documentary and musical evidence relating to a particularly rich period in the city's history. Aspects discussed include concert life, the choral tradition, the gradual establishment of an honors school of music, visiting musicians such as Handel and Haydn, Liszt and Joachim, and the role of figures such as William Crotch, Frederick Ouseley and Hubert Parry in raising the status of music and the musical profession. Zusammenfassung This book is the first survey of its kind and distils a wide range of documentary and musical evidence relating to a particularly rich period in the history of the city of Oxford, embracing both 'town and gown'. The author, a Lecturer in Music in the university, discusses in detail, among other aspects, concert life in Oxford during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when notable visitors to the city included Handel, Haydn, Liszt, and Joachim; the choral tradition; and developments in the university that led to the eventual establishment of an honour school of music. A brief outline of musical activity in Oxford before c.1660 and after c.1914 is also provided. In addition, the author examines the achievements of a number of individual musical personalities, drawing particular attention to the role of William Crotch, Frederick Ouseley, and Hubert Parry in raising the status of music and the music profession. The book makes an important contribution to a number of spheres of enquiry that have developed significantly in recent years: the history of universities, social history of music, and the study of concert life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Bibliographical Note Abbreviations Part I The Eighteenth Century 2: Music in an Academic Context, I 3: Music in the University and City, II 4: Concert Life in Eighteenth-century Oxford 5: The Colleges, I 6: The Personalities: the Goodsons, William and Philip Hayes, Crotch and Malchair Part II The Nineteenth Century 8: Music in the University and City, II 9: Nineteenth-Century Concert Life 10: The Colleges, II 11: Personalities: Bishop, Ouseley, Stainer, Parry, Parratt, and Allen 12: Epilogue: the tradition after c.1914 Bibliography ...
