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245 14 a| The music monster :b| a biography of James William Davison, music critic of The Times of London, 1846-78 : with excerpts from his critical writings /c| Charles Reid.;

260 a| London ;a| New York :b| Quartet Books,c| 1984.;

300 a| x, 243 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Includes index.;

504 a| Bibliography: pages 235-238.;

505 0 a| Part I: The actor-parents -- Shelley worship -- Honey-dolby dreams -- The catch club gluttons -- Enter Mendelssohn -- Twelve-year-old master -- Shock, agony, babble -- Chopin blackballed -- Berlioz bullied -- A friendship foxed -- Polycacophonous Wagner -- Coup d'État -- Rondo for muskets -- J.W.D. and Arabella -- 'Transposed from g to d' -- The strong mouth, resolute chin -- Meyerbeer foul -- Meyerbeer fair -- The Rigoletto Howler -- Verdi ruffled -- ... and appeased -- Bribe bids -- Costa the enemy -- Dickens wasn't amused -- Nights at the Albion -- A second enemy... -- ... turns co-prankster -- Gruneison: a coda -- The Muttonians -- Ah! now we understand -- Criticizing the critic -- The Albani Wrangle -- Bayreuth bewildements -- Four masterworks -- Onslaught by truth -- Davision denies -- Burial pomps -- Berlioz, Wagner reassessed -- Margate and... -- ... the last days -- Part II: Schuber -- An unpractised, overrated man -- Chopin -- A morbidly sensitive flea -- Chopin hero -- The 10,000-word fib -- Berlioz -- Vulgarian and lunatic -- Verdi -- Maker of wretched music for mobs -- Wagner, I -- Patchy, puerile, poisonous -- Wagner II -- Rant, fustian, bombast -- Wagner III -- U-turn: The Ring? Gorgeous! Magnificent! -- Wagner, IV -- U-turn reversed: The Ring? Restless, rambling, mumbo-jumbo -- Schumann -- Chamber music bad, symphonies worse -- Liszt -- Music? Hateful fungi, rather -- Tchaikovsky -- For Romeo read rubbish.;

520 a| Follows the career of a prominent nineteenth-century British music critic whose biased and eccentric views led him to denounce Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Wagner, Berlioz, Schubert, Schumann, and Liszt.;

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The music monster : a biography of James William Davison, music critic of The Times of London, 1846-78 : with excerpts from his critical writings / Charles Reid.

Author/creator	Reid, Charles
Format	Book
Publication Info	London ; New York : Quartet Books, 1984.
Description	x, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Davison, James William, 1813-1885. Music critics--England. --London. --Biography. Musical criticism--England. --London.

Contents	Part I: The actor-parents -- Shelley worship -- Honey-dolby dreams -- The catch club gluttons -- Enter Mendelssohn -- Twelve-year-old master -- Shock, agony, babble -- Chopin blackballed -- Berlioz bullied -- A friendship foxed -- Polycacophonous Wagner -- Coup d'État -- Rondo for muskets -- J.W.D. and Arabella -- 'Transposed from g to d' -- The strong mouth, resolute chin -- Meyerbeer foul -- Meyerbeer fair -- The Rigoletto Howler -- Verdi ruffled -- ... and appeased -- Bribe bids -- Costa the enemy -- Dickens wasn't amused -- Nights at the Albion -- A second enemy... -- ... turns co-prankster -- Gruneison: a coda -- The Muttonians -- Ah! now we understand -- Criticizing the critic -- The Albani Wrangle -- Bayreuth bewildements -- Four masterworks -- Onslaught by truth -- Davision denies -- Burial pomps -- Berlioz, Wagner reassessed -- Margate and... -- ... the last days -- Part II: Schuber -- An unpractised, overrated man -- Chopin -- A morbidly sensitive flea -- Chopin hero -- The 10,000-word fib -- Berlioz -- Vulgarian and lunatic -- Verdi -- Maker of wretched music for mobs -- Wagner, I -- Patchy, puerile, poisonous -- Wagner II -- Rant, fustian, bombast -- Wagner III -- U-turn: The Ring? Gorgeous! Magnificent! -- Wagner, IV -- U-turn reversed: The Ring? Restless, rambling, mumbo-jumbo -- Schumann -- Chamber music bad, symphonies worse -- Liszt -- Music? Hateful fungi, rather -- Tchaikovsky -- For Romeo read rubbish.
Abstract	Follows the career of a prominent nineteenth-century British music critic whose biased and eccentric views led him to denounce Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Wagner, Berlioz, Schubert, Schumann, and Liszt.
General note	Includes index.
Bibliography note	Bibliography: pages 235-238.
ISBN	070432427X

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