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Author:

DeSimone, Alison Clark, author.

Title:

The power of pastiche : musical miscellany and cultural identity in early eighteenth-century England / Alison C. DeSimone.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Clemson University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xv, 315 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Music--England--18th century--History and criticism.
Cosmopolitanism--England--History--18th century.
Music--History--England--History--18th century.
Cosmopolitanism.
Music.
Music--Social aspects.
England.
1700-1799
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Performance of Miscellany in Variety Concerts, 1700-11 -- "An Assemblage of Every Kind" : The Pasticcio Opera Tradition as Miscellany -- Shaping English Identity in the Songbook Miscellany -- Composition, Cosmopolitanism, and Musical Miscellany -- Variety in Criticism and Aesthetics in Eighteenth-Century England.

Summary:

"This book explores the phenomenon of musical miscellany in early eighteenth-century England both in performance culture and as an aesthetic. Chapters offer analyses of concert programming, music criticism, the compilation of pasticcio operas and songbook miscellanies, and the ways in which musicians shaped their freelancing careers. Musical miscellany juxtaposed foreign and homegrown musical practices and styles in order to stimulate discourse surrounding English musical culture during a time of cosmopolitan transformation"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Studies in British musical cultures

ISBN:

1942954778
9781942954774

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1226797225

LCCN:

2020052334

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)