Charles Avison in context national and international musical links in eighteenth-century north-east England / edited by Roz Southey and Eric Cross.

Other author Southey, Roz, 1952-
Other author Cross, Eric.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Descriptionxiv, 221 pages ; 24 cm
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Subjects
Avison, Charles, 1709-1770.
Composers--England. --Biography.
Musicians--England, North East.
Music patronage--England, North East. --History. --18th century.
Music--England, North East. --18th century. --History and criticism.

Contents "Music ... is like a conversation among friends, where the few are of one mind": Charles Avison's moral philosophy / Pierre Dubois -- Charles Avison, gentleman, and the vicar of Bedlington's will / Margaret Maddison -- Charles Avison, John Brown and English oratorio / Matthew Gardner -- Avison and Oxford, 1750-1810 / Susan Wollenberg -- Charles Avison and the Methodists: evangelism and civilisation / Revd Terry Hurst -- Charles Avison and the psalmody reform movement in Britain / Stephen A. Marini -- Managing a musical career in the eighteenth century: the interweaving of paronage and commercialisation in the careers of Charles Avison and Edward Meredith / Roz Southey.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017024351
ISBN9781472450746 hardback
ISBNelectronic book