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A Dictionary of Musicians, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time 2 Volume Paperback Set

A Dictionary of Musicians, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time 2 Volume Paperback Set

A Dictionary of Musicians, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time 2 Volume Paperback Set

John Sainsbury
September 2009
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Multiple copy pack
9781108004251
$113.00
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Multiple copy pack
2 Paperback books

    The publisher John Sainsbury produced this two-volume biographical dictionary of musicians in 1824. The book, as he acknowledges on his title page, borrows from the previously published works of Choron and Fayolle (in French), Gerber (in German), Orloff (Russian, writing in French), and his two notable English predecessors, Dr Burney and Sir John Hawkings. It contains a 'summary of the history of music', as well as biographies and memoirs of musicians. The range of the information provided is immense, including the most obscure as well as the most famous: fourteen pages on Mozart are followed by paragraphs on his wife Constanza and on the now completely forgotten B.F. Mozin, a French piano teacher and composer, while Beethoven is described when still living and composing, albeit afflicted by deafness. This work is a mine of information on musical life and perceptions of music history in the early nineteenth century.

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    September 2009
    Multiple copy pack
    9781108004251
    1047 pages
    250 × 325 × 65 mm
    1.74kg
    Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC

    Table of Contents

    • Prefatory Observations
    • Summary of the History of Music
    • A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, A–I
    • A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, K–Z
    • Supplement.
      Author
    • John Sainsbury