Historical dictionary of English music, ca. 1400-1958 by Charles Edward McGuire

By Charles Edward McGuire

This reference seeks to spot and in brief annotate a variety of matters on the subject of English musical tradition, principally from the early fifteenth century via 1958, dates that replicate the coalescence of an identifiable English type within the early Renaissance and the loss of life of the enduring Ralph Vaughan Williams within the mid-20th century. a number of the actually nice "English" composers figuring during this quantity contain Johann Christian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, and Georg Frideric Handel, in addition to singers like Jenny Lind and Farinelli and lots of others.

The Historical Dictionary of English Music covers its subject material via a chronological desk of vital occasions, an introductory essay at the heritage of English song, an in depth bibliography, and over six hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on humans, venues, repertory, style, and assets. This publication is a superb entry element for college students, researchers, and a person desirous to understand extra approximately English tune in this vital interval.

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AMNER, JOHN (1579–1641). Organist and composer. Amner was informator choristarum at Ely Cathedral from 1610 until the year of his death. He took a BMus from Oxford in 1613 and shortly before his death received a MusB from Cambridge (1640). Unsurprisingly, his compositions are chiefly Anglican church music, including several services and a large number of anthems, a significant number of which were published in his Sacred Hymnes of 3, 4, 5 and 6 parts for Voyces and Vyols (1615). ” His keyboard variations on “O Lord in Thee is all my trust” (US NYp) are unusual in being based on a psalm tune.

Initially, the private meetings were held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on alternate Friday evenings. In the 1730s the academy became a “seminary for the instruction of youth in the principles of music and the laws of harmony” (Hawkins), with Pepusch providing the tutelage. The scale of its concerts increased toward the end of the century, prompting a move to the Freemasons’ Hall in 1784, where it remained until 1795. The Academy was much involved in the plagiarism scandal involving Greene, Bononcini, and Antonio Lotti.

Indb 10 3/14/11 10:29 AM INTRODUCTION • 11 growing more numerous in aim, the level of performance is steadily rising throughout the country: all that is needed is a proper direction and impetus that these newly awakened forces may be trained to serve the national cause. In one word, we have everything ready for the establishment of a school of composition through which, and through which alone, we can take our place in the musical art of Europe. . ” The capacity may have been weakened by misuse, but it still exists latent in the hearts of our people.

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