London : a musical gazetteer / Lewis Foreman and Susan Foreman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foreman, Lewis.

Contributor:

Foreman, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musical landmarks--England--London--Guidebooks.

Musical landmarks.

Music--England--London.

Music.

England--London.

Genre:

Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

x, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005]

Summary:

This compact and convenient guide to music in London features the sites where music has flourished and where leading musicians have lived or performed in the city--from Handel's house to Berlioz's rooms, from cathedrals and churches to recording studios and concert halls. It provides historical information on auditoriums and opera houses, theatres, conservatories, museums, libraries, galleries, graves, memorials and statues, orchestras, music publishers, auction houses, and places of musical interest in the greater London area. The book includes biographical accounts of some 125 composers and musicians who inhabited or visited London. The book offers interesting musical walks, a historical overview, and the most thorough account yet published of musical compositions evoking London. Boxes within the text present information on such topics as the music Wagner conducted in London in 1855, the organists and choirmasters of the cathedrals, and Gershwin's recording sessions. With maps, bibliography, web addresses, information on transport and access, and an extensive index, this unique compilation is enhanced with many striking illustrations.

Contents:

Theatres, concert halls and watering places

Choirs and places where they sing

Conservatories, museums, libraries etc

Graves and memorials

Institutions, orchestras, music publishers etc

Recording session London

Out of the centre : some places of interest in the suburbs and environs

Composers & musicians in London

Four London musical walks (with maps)

Compositions evoking London

Some musical street names

Web addresses

Underground stations and lines.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [346]-[353]) and index.

ISBN:

0300104022

OCLC:

56517427