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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeSimone, Alison Clark, author.

Series:

Studies in British musical cultures.

Liverpool scholarship online.

Studies in British musical cultures

Liverpool scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--England--18th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Cosmopolitanism--England--History--18th century.

Cosmopolitanism.

Music--Social aspects--England--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Clemson, SC : Clemson University Press, 2021.

Summary:

In eighteenth-century England, 'variety' became a prized aesthetic in musical culture. Not only was variety - of counterpoint, harmony, melody, and orchestration - expected for good composition, but it also manifested in cultural mediums such as songbook anthologies, which compiled miscellaneous songs and styles in single volumes; pasticcio operas, which were cobbled together from excerpts from other operas; and public concerts, which offered a hodgepodge assortment of different types and styles of performance. This book explores the phenomenon of musical miscellany in early eighteenth-century England both in performance culture and as an aesthetic.

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.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Published in association with Liverpool University Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-80085-237-1

1-942954-78-6

OCLC:

1244622166