Letters of Dr Charles Burney - Volume Ii: 1785-1793

This second volume of the Letters of Dr Charles Burney covers the years 1785-1793. During this period, Burney consolidated his reputation as a musicologist with two key publications, moved to Royal Hospital, Chelsea, participated in the Literary Club and Monthly Review, and welcomed Josef Haydn to London.

List of contents

• General Editor's Preface


• Acknowledgements


• List of Illustrations


• Preface


• Introduction


• A Chronology of Charles Burney


• Short Titles and Abbreviations


• LETTERS OF CHARLES BURNEY


• Appendices


• Index

About the author

Lorna J. Clark is Research Adjunct Professor at Carleton University and Editor of the Burney Letter. She has published almost fifty articles, essays, or chapters on eighteenth-century women writers, and edited seven scholarly editions. These include two volumes of Court Journals of Frances Burney (OUP, 2014), The Diary of Lucy Kennedy (2015), and the Romance of Private Life (2016). A contributor to the ODNB, the Research Guide to Romantic Women Writers and the MLA Teaching Series, she is currently working on a volume of juvenilia and a biography of Frances Burney.

Summary

This second volume of the Letters of Dr Charles Burney covers the years 1785-1793. During this period, Burney consolidated his reputation as a musicologist with two key publications, moved to Royal Hospital, Chelsea, participated in the Literary Club and Monthly Review, and welcomed Josef Haydn to London.

Product details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.03.2025
• EAN: 9780198749486
• ISBN: 978-0-19-874948-6
• No. of pages: 624
• Series: The Letters of Charles Burney
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; European History, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, British & Irish history, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Diaries, letters and journals, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Classical style, Art music, orchestral and formal music