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Salomon and the Burneys : private patronage and a public career / Ian Woodfield.
| Author/creator | Woodfield, Ian |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2003. |
| Description | 83 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Royal Musical Association monographs ; no. 12 Royal Musical Association monographs ; no. 12. ^A217826 |
| Contents | Salomon and the rise of the professional concert -- The country visit -- The London season -- A career in decline -- The Pantheon leadership -- Salomon and the revival of the Italian cantata -- The 1790 concert season -- Salomon and Gallini -- The recruitment of Haydn: fact and legend. |
| Abstract | Johann Peter Salomon, the celebrated violinist and impresario, made his debut in England in March 1781. History has credited Salomon with bringing Haydn to London, yet as this book reveals, Salomon's introduction of the composer to the London musical scene owed as much to luck as to skillful planning. Haydn's engagement in London proved to be a much-needed uplift to Salomon's career which, as the author illustrates, had been on the wane for a number of years. In addition to its reassessment of Salomon's uneven career in London during the 1780s, this book throws light on the general relationship between public and private spheres of professional music-making at the time, and on the relationship between the social and professional attributes required of musicians if they were to be successful. Nowhere are these tensions better illustrated than in the letters and journals of the Burney family, especially those of Susan Burney, which are drawn on in the book to provide a vivid picture of the fiercely competitive musical world of eighteenth-century London. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-79)and index. |
| LCCN | 2002043694 |
| ISBN | 0754636127 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML429.S14 W66 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |