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Essays on the History of English Music in Honour of John Caldwell: Sources, Style, Performance, Historiography
Professor Emma Hornby (Ed.)
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Articles on English music, from the medieval period to the present day, centred on four of the major areas of scholarly enquiry. The major themes of the essays in this collection reflect the work of the distinguished scholar John Caldwell, professor of music at Oxford University and a composer in his own right. There is a strong focus on early music, with contributions considering the medieval carol, sources for seventeenth- and eighteenth-century harpsichord music, and the transmission of fifteenth-century English music to the Continent; but they range right up to the twentieth century, with an examination of music in ... Read more
Articles on English music, from the medieval period to the present day, centred on four of the major areas of scholarly enquiry. The major themes of the essays in this collection reflect the work of the distinguished scholar John Caldwell, professor of music at Oxford University and a composer in his own right. There is a strong focus on early music, with contributions considering the medieval carol, sources for seventeenth- and eighteenth-century harpsichord music, and the transmission of fifteenth-century English music to the Continent; but they range right up to the twentieth century, with an examination of music in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843835356
SKU
V9781843835356
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About Professor Emma Hornby (Ed.)
MARGARET BENT is an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. SIMON McVEIGH is Emeritus Professor of Music, Goldsmiths, University of London and a Past President of the Royal Musical Association. SUSAN WOLLENBERG is Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Oxford, as well as Emeritus Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall.
Reviews for Essays on the History of English Music in Honour of John Caldwell: Sources, Style, Performance, Historiography
The affection as well as the respect in which John Caldwell is held by other scholars exudes unmistakably from the pages of this volume in his honour. [...] This brilliantly researched, engagingly written, and elegantly produced volume [...] its enduring significance will surely lie in its explorations of new historical material, its suggestive reconsiderations of the well known, and it's ... Read more