UID:
almafu_9960117373502883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xvi, 314 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-78204-689-5
Serie:
Music in Britain, 1600-2000,
Inhalt:
Musicians of Bath and Beyond: Edward Loder (1809-1865) and his Family illuminates three areas that have recently attracted much interest: the musical profession, music in the British provincesand colonies, and English Romantic opera. The Loder family was pre-eminent in Bath's musical world in the early nineteenth century. John David Loder (1788-1846) led the theatre orchestra there from1807, and later the Philharmonic orchestra and Ancient Concerts in London; he also wrote the leading instruction manual on violin playing and taught violin at the Royal Academy of Music. His son Edward James (1809-65) was a brilliant but underrated composer of opera, songs, and piano music. George Loder (1816-68) was a well-known flautist and conductor who made a name in New York and eventuallysettled in Adelaide, where he conducted the Australian premieres of Les Huguenots, Faust, and other important operas. Kate Fanny Loder (1825-1904) became a successful pianist and teacher in early Victorian London, and she is only now getting her due as a composer. This book takes advantage of new and often surprising biographical research on the Loder family as a whole and its four main figures. It uses them to illustrate several aspects of music history: the position of professional musicians in Victorian society; music in the provinces, especially Bath and Manchester;the Victorian opera libretto; orchestra direction; violin teaching; travelling musicians in the US and Australasia; opera singers and companies; and media responses to English opera. The concludingsection is an intense analysis and reassessment of Edward Loder's music, with special emphasis on his greatest work, the opera Raymond and Agnes. NICHOLAS TEMPERLEY is Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a leading authority on Victorian music. CONTRIBUTORS: Stephen Banfield, David Chandler, Andrew Clarke, Liz Cooper,Therese Ellsworth, David J. Golby, Andrew Lamb, Valerie Langfield, Alison Mero, Paul Rodmell, Matthew Spring, Julja Szuster, Nicholas Temperley
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Part one, The musical profession in early nineteenth-century England. Earning a musical living : the Loders' career choices / Stephen Banfield ; The musical life of bath, 1800-1850 / Matthew Spring ; The Theatre Royal, Manchester, in Edward Loder's time / Liz Cooper ; The climate for opera in London, 1834-1865 / Alison Mero -- Part two, The Loder family. Loder & Sons, Bath : a band of musicians / Andrew Clarke ; A master violinist and teacher : John David Loder (1788-1846) / David J. Golby ; Edward James Loder (1809-1865) : a life in music / Andrew Lamb ; George Loder's contribution to musical life in colonical Australia / Julja Szuster ; 'A magnificent musician' : the career of Kate Fanny Loder (1825-1904) / Therese Ellsworth -- Part three, The music of Edward Loder. 'Three fifths of him genius and two fifths sheer fudge' : heights and depths in Edward Loder's work / Nicholas Temperley ; 'Ah, trait'ress me betraying' : Edward Loder and his librettos / David Chandler ; Edward Loder's serious operas / Paul Rodmell ; Raymond and Agnes : orchestration and dramatic characterisation / Valerie Langfield -- Epilogue. The 1966 revival of Raymond and Agnes / Nicholas Temperley.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-78327-078-0
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9781782046899
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781782046899/type/BOOK
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