This work focuses on the weekly musical contributions by Henry Fothergill Chorley to the journal "The Athenaeum". The reviews of books and musical performances in his weekly columns played a significant role in the Victorian struggle to define a canon of creative musical greatness. The author draws on Chorley's own writings and contemporary sources to provide a full picture of Chorley's personal life and public persona. This book includes some discussion of Chorley's own works other than journalism, for example his book of operatic reminiscences "Thirty Years' Musical Recollections. It also discusses his contact with contemporary literary figures as well as musical figures.
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Extraordinary insight into Victorian musical culture.,
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This review is from: Henry Fothergill Chorley : Victorian Journalist (Hardcover)
Bledsoe, foremost Chorley scholar of our time, provides a vivid portrait of the eminent Victorian music critic. It is a work imbued with both literary and musical erudition. A must-read for those interested in Victorian Studies and an enjoyable book for the general reader.
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A marvelous insight into Victorian mores.,
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This review is from: Henry Fothergill Chorley : Victorian Journalist (Hardcover)
Bledsoe is clearly the master of this form of biography. He take the life of a little-known Victorian jounalist and turns it into a journey into the culture. A truly marvelous work.
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