Charles Avison in context : national and international musical links in eighteenth-century north-east England / edited by Roz Southey and Eric Cross.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Southey, Roz, 1952-

Cross, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avison, Charles, 1709-1770.

Avison, Charles.

Composers--England--Biography.

Composers.

Musicians--England, North East.

Musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

Despite recent interest in music-making in the so-called 'provinces', the idea still lingers that music-making outside London was small in scale, second-rate and behind the times. However, in Newcastle upon Tyne, the presence of a nationally known musician, Charles Avison (1709-1770), prompts a reassessment of how far this idea is still tenable. Avison's life and work illuminates many wider trends. His relationships with his patrons, the commercial imperatives which shaped his activities, the historical and social milieu in which he lived and worked, were influenced by and reflected many contemporary movements: Latitudinarianism, Methodism, the improvement of church music, the aesthetics of the day including new ideas circulating in Europe, discussions of issues such as gentility, and the new commercialism of leisure. He can be considered as the notional centre of a web of connections, both musical and non-musical, extending through every part of Britain and into both Europe and America. This book looks at these connections, exploring the ways in which the musical culture in the north-east region interacted with, and influenced, musical culture elsewhere, and the non-musical influences with which it was involved, including contemporary religious, philosophical and commercial developments, establishing that regional centres such as Newcastle could be as well-informed, influential and vibrant as London.

Contents:

Chapter Introduction

chapter 1 'Music...is like a conversation among friends, where the few are of one mind'

Charles Avison's moral philosophy / Pierre Dubois

chapter 2 Charles Avison, gentleman, and the vicar of Bedlington's will / Margaret Maddison

chapter 3 Charles Avison, John Brown and English oratorio / Matthew Gardner

chapter 4 Avison and Oxford, 1750-1810 / Susan Wollenberg

chapter 5 Charles Avison and the Methodists

Evangelism and civilisation / Revd Terry Hurst

chapter 6 Charles Avison and the psalmody reform movement in Britain / Stephen A. Marini

chapter 7 Managing a musical career in the eighteenth century

The interweaving of patronage and commercialisation in the careers of Charles Avison and Edward Meredith / Roz Southey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-16833-X

1-315-57133-1

1-317-16834-8

9781315571331

OCLC:

1014372636