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A collection of fourteen essays that reflect on the relationship between music and Orientalism in the British Empire over the course of the nineteenth century.

Roman Catholic church music in England served the needs of a multi-faceted community people during the long nineteenth century. This book sets the music in its historical, liturgical and legal context, pointing to the ways in which the music itself can be used as evidence to throw light on the changing character of English Catholicism.

Critical writing about music and music history in 19th-century Britain was permeated with metaphor and analogy. This text examines how over-arching theories of music history were affected by reference to various figurative linguistic templates adopted from other disciplines.

William Sweetland was a Bath organ builder who flourished from c 1847 to 1902 during which time he built about 300 organs. This title relates the biographical details of Sweetland's family and business history. It consists of a Gazeteer of all known organs by Sweetland organized by counties.

Among the major changes that swept through the music industry during the mid-nineteenth century, one that has received little attention is how musical performances were managed and directed. The key figure in this process was Michael Costa. This book provides insight into the politics and changing aesthetics of the Victorian musical world.

Until the nineteenth century, music occupied a marginal place in British universities. It was not until a benefaction initiated the creation of a professorship of music at the University of Edinburgh, in the early nineteenth century, that the idea of music as a university discipline commanded serious consideration.

While the musical culture of the British Isles in the 'long nineteenth century' has been reclaimed from obscurity by musicologists in the last thirty years, appraisal of operatic culture in the latter part of this period has remained elusive. Paul Rodmell examines the nature of operatic culture in the British Isles during this period.

Considers the reception of the composer, pianist, organist and conductor Felix Mendelssohn in nineteenth-century England, and his influence on English musical culture.

Karen McAulay traces the complex history of Scottish song collecting, and the publication of major Highland and Lowland collections. Looking at sources, authenticity, collecting methodology and format, McAulay places these collections in their cultural context. Attention is given to some of the performance issues raised.

Selected from papers given at the third biennial conference, "Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain", this book, in common with its two predecessors, reflects the topic's interdisciplinary character. The essays are divided into thematic groups, including gender, church music and national identity.

The idea that the middle class arose during the 1880s is now widely accepted amongst social historians but the notion that such a social group dominated music appreciation is probably untrue. This book explores the European middle class and its role in musical life.

The aim of this volume is to analyze the contribution of music journalists to the revival of English music in the second half of the 19th century - the phenomenon that came to be called the "English musical renaissance". In so doing it re-evaluates their impact on British musical history.

As well as recording the details of the major works of Michael William Balfe, the author describes the atmosphere of London operatic life and the chaotic conditions under which Balfe's operas were written and produced.

Founded as a personal endeavour by Vincent Novello in 1811, the English music publisher Novello is the subject of this study that explores the practice and policy of Victorian music publishing from 1829 to 1866.

A history of the English music festival is long overdue. This title argues that these festivals represented the most significant cultural events in provincial England during the nineteenth century and emphasizes their particular importance in the promotion and commissioning of new music.

Vincent Novello (1781-1861) is remembered as the father of the music-publishing firm. This work provides a view of his life and work, and the nature of his importance both in his own time and to posterity. It includes thematic studies that focus on Novello as practical musician and educator, as editor, and as composer.

Born into the famous family of piano makers, Lucy Broadwood (1858-1929) became one of the chief collectors and scholars of the first English folk music revival in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This biography sheds light on her early years and chronicles her later busy social, artistic and musical life.

As the first comprehensive study of MacCunn's life, this book illustrates how social and cultural situations, as well as personal relationships, influenced his career. Having risen to fame in the late 1880s with a string of Scottish works.

Devoted to the life and music of Charles Villiers Stanford, this book pieces together the story of the life of this prominent pre-First World War musician.