British Music, Musicians and Institutions, c. 1630-1800 (Web PDF) von Peter Lynan

Building upon the developing picture of the importance of British music, musicians and institutions during the eighteenth century, this book investigates the themes of composition, performance (amateur and professional) and music-printing, within the wider context of social, religious and secular institutions.

IntroductionPeter Lynan and Julian Rushton
Part I. Performers and Performance Style
1. Henry, Elizabeth, and George: New Light on Music at Wilton House in the 1770sPeter Holman
2. Wilhelm Cramer, the Professional Concert, and the Foundation of the Modern Symphony OrchestraSimon McVeigh
3. Thomas Vincent (1723-1798): Oboist, Composer, and EntrepreneurMichael Talbot
4. J. C. Bach and the 'true Organ Style': Propriety and Impropriety in Eighteenth-Century English Organ MusicPeter Lynan
Part II. Composers and Secular Institutions
5. Henry Purcell's Mad Songs in the Theatre and Concert Rooms in the Eighteenth CenturyOlive Baldwin and Thelma Wilson
6. From 'Fowle Originall' to 'Printed for the Author': The Autograph Score of William Croft's 'Laurus cruentas'Alan Howard
7. James Lates of Oxford and his Sixteen MinuetsSusan Wollenberg
8. William Hayes (1708-1777), Professor of MusicSimon Heighes
Part III. Sacred Music and Institutions
9. Music and Musicians at Westminster Abbey, 1685-1760Tony Trowles
10. Catholic Church Music in Eighteenth-Century BritainJohn Caldwell
11. Precedents for the Symphony Anthem: British Library Additional Manuscript 31434 and the Court of Charles IJonathan P. Wainwright
Part IV. Dissemination: Printing and Publishing
12. 'You can't have it of Smith except you'll have it wrote out on Purpose': Eighteenth-Century Copyists of Handel's Music in London and the 'Smith Scriptorium'Donald Burrows
13. The Earliest Surviving Engraved Music Plates?Peter Ward Jones and Kelly Domoney
Epilogue:Musica Britannica and the Eighteenth CenturyJulian Rushton
Harry Diack Johnstone: A Tribute
Bibliography of the Works of Harry Diack Johnstone
Index