A Dictionary of Musicians, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time 2 Volume Set

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-108-00425-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 1047 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 1338 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Music

The publisher John Sainsbury produced this two-volume biographical dictionary of musicians in 1824. The book, as he acknowledges on his title page, borrows from the previously published works of Choron and Fayolle (in French), Gerber (in German), Orloff (Russian, writing in French), and his two notable English predecessors, Dr Burney and Sir John Hawkings. It contains a 'summary of the history of music', as well as biographies and memoirs of musicians. The range of the information provided is immense, including the most obscure as well as the most famous: fourteen pages on Mozart are followed by paragraphs on his wife Constanza and on the now completely forgotten B.F. Mozin, a French piano teacher and composer, while Beethoven is described when still living and composing, albeit afflicted by deafness. This work is a mine of information on musical life and perceptions of music history in the early nineteenth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sainsbury, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prefatory Observations; Summary of the History of Music; A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, A–I; A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, K–Z; Supplement.