Author: Roger Wakefield
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Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Wakefield's Merchant and Tradesman's General Directory for London
Author: Roger Wakefield
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Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 400
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The First Fleet Piano: Volume One
Author: Geoffrey Lancaster
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1922144657
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 919
Book Description
During the late eighteenth century, a musical–cultural phenomenon swept the globe. The English square piano—invented in the early 1760s by an entrepreneurial German guitar maker in London—not only became an indispensable part of social life, but also inspired the creation of an expressive and scintillating repertoire. Square pianos reinforced music as life’s counterpoint, and were played by royalty, by musicians of the highest calibre and by aspiring amateurs alike. On Sunday, 13 May 1787, a square piano departed from Portsmouth on board the Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet, bound for Botany Bay. Who made the First Fleet piano, and when was it made? Who owned it? Who played it, and who listened? What music did the instrument sound out, and within what contexts was its voice heard? What became of the First Fleet piano after its arrival on antipodean soil, and who played a part in the instrument’s subsequent history? Two extant instruments contend for the title ‘First Fleet piano’; which of these made the epic journey to Botany Bay in 1787–88? The First Fleet Piano: A Musician’s View answers these questions, and provides tantalising glimpses of social and cultural life both in Georgian England and in the early colony at Sydney Cove. The First Fleet piano is placed within the musical and social contexts for which it was created, and narratives of the individuals whose lives have been touched by the instrument are woven together into an account of the First Fleet piano’s conjunction with the forces of history. View ‘The First Fleet Piano: Volume Two Appendices’. Note: Volume 1 and 2 are sold as a set ($180 for both) and cannot be purchased separately.
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1922144657
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 919
Book Description
During the late eighteenth century, a musical–cultural phenomenon swept the globe. The English square piano—invented in the early 1760s by an entrepreneurial German guitar maker in London—not only became an indispensable part of social life, but also inspired the creation of an expressive and scintillating repertoire. Square pianos reinforced music as life’s counterpoint, and were played by royalty, by musicians of the highest calibre and by aspiring amateurs alike. On Sunday, 13 May 1787, a square piano departed from Portsmouth on board the Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet, bound for Botany Bay. Who made the First Fleet piano, and when was it made? Who owned it? Who played it, and who listened? What music did the instrument sound out, and within what contexts was its voice heard? What became of the First Fleet piano after its arrival on antipodean soil, and who played a part in the instrument’s subsequent history? Two extant instruments contend for the title ‘First Fleet piano’; which of these made the epic journey to Botany Bay in 1787–88? The First Fleet Piano: A Musician’s View answers these questions, and provides tantalising glimpses of social and cultural life both in Georgian England and in the early colony at Sydney Cove. The First Fleet piano is placed within the musical and social contexts for which it was created, and narratives of the individuals whose lives have been touched by the instrument are woven together into an account of the First Fleet piano’s conjunction with the forces of history. View ‘The First Fleet Piano: Volume Two Appendices’. Note: Volume 1 and 2 are sold as a set ($180 for both) and cannot be purchased separately.
Irish London
Author: Craig Bailey
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1846318815
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This text uses case studies of law students, lawyers and merchants to explore overlooked dimensions of Irish migration the middle class, community and the social geography of London in the eighteenth century.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1846318815
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This text uses case studies of law students, lawyers and merchants to explore overlooked dimensions of Irish migration the middle class, community and the social geography of London in the eighteenth century.
The Book of British Topography
Author: John Parker Anderson
Publisher:
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Category : British Isles
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Category : British Isles
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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A General Catalogue of Books
Author: Bernard Quaritch
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1912
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1912
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Routledge Revivals: Charles Edward Horn's Memoirs of His Father and Himself (2003)
Author: Michael Kassler
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351119567
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Originally published in 2003, Charles Edward Horn's Memoirs of His Father and Himself is an annotated collection of the memoirs of Charles Edward Horn. They include an account of Horn’s father, Charles Frederick Horn, who arrived penniless in London in 1782 and rose to become music master to Queen Charlotte. Today he is most remembered for his pioneering publications of J.S. Bach’s music in England. Charles Edward Horn’s memoir covers his activities in England and Ireland and provide numerous details of English musical life in the Georgian era not previously known to scholars. They are supplemented in this book by transcripts of four other autobiographical accounts of the Horns, a summary of their extant correspondence and a chronology of their activities.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351119567
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Originally published in 2003, Charles Edward Horn's Memoirs of His Father and Himself is an annotated collection of the memoirs of Charles Edward Horn. They include an account of Horn’s father, Charles Frederick Horn, who arrived penniless in London in 1782 and rose to become music master to Queen Charlotte. Today he is most remembered for his pioneering publications of J.S. Bach’s music in England. Charles Edward Horn’s memoir covers his activities in England and Ireland and provide numerous details of English musical life in the Georgian era not previously known to scholars. They are supplemented in this book by transcripts of four other autobiographical accounts of the Horns, a summary of their extant correspondence and a chronology of their activities.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Hiscoke and son's Richmond notes [afterw] Richmond notes. March 1863 to August 1868
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Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Hiscoke and Son's Richmond Notes
Author: Hiscoke & Son
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Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Languages : en
Pages : 708
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A General Catalogue of Books
Author: Bernard Quaritsch
Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
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Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
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