An essential read for those with interests in the advancement of music and musical thought in eighteenth-century London and its context within enlightenment ideals.
FONTES ARTIS MUSICAE
This is an important book that deserves to be part of any reading list on the music of the English Enlightenment.
MUSICAL TIMES
Tim Eggington has deepened our knowledge ... Read moreabout the subject by findings a wide range of sources and raiding major issues regarding musical, aesthetic and social aspects of this unique English institution.
MUSIC & LETTERS
In this book Tim Eggington has for the first time provided a detailed and in-depth study of the original Academy of Ancient Music and the work of Benjamin Cooke, and in doing so has addressed a significant gap in the history of eighteenth-century English music. He convincingly shows that the Academy was a major engine of musical creativity, education, erudition and internationalism, and effectively cemented the very idea of an historical musical canon in English minds. This sturdily bound book is surely a valuable contribution to the history of English music.
BRIO
This well-written book is a useful addition to scholarship on operatic singers and is recommended to anyone with an interest in Italian opera during the second half of the 18th century.
EARLY MUSIC
This is an important book that deserves to be part of any reading list on the music of the English Enlightenment.
THE MUSICAL TIMES
A valuable addition to 18th century English music.
EARLY MUSIC REVIEW
[Eggington] demonstrates Cooke's innovative references to various old styles with deliberation and taste, and argues that Cooke deserves a prominent position among 18th-century composers. Recommended.
CHOICE
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