ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1999, this volume of essays arises from the first biennial Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain conference, held at the University of hull in July 1997. Like the conference, this book seeks to expand and reassess our current knowledge of musical life in Britain during the nineteenth century, as well as to challenge the preconceptions of earlier attitudes and scholarship.

This volume covers a cohesive range of subjects and materials intended not only as a revision of past views and scholarship, but also as a tool for further research. It provides a vigorous reconsideration of the musical activity of the period.

part One|20 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter One|18 pages

Xenophilia in British Musical History

part Two|32 pages

Historiography

chapter Chapter Two|14 pages

History, Historicism, and the Sublime Analogy

chapter Chapter Three|16 pages

Parry as Historiographer *

part Four|60 pages

The Wesley Family

part Seven|44 pages

Analysis and Criticism