Johann Peter Salomon, the celebrated violinist and impresario, made his debut in England in March 1781. History has credited Salomon with bringing Haydn to London, yet as Ian Woodfield reveals in this monograph, Salomon's introduction of the composer to the London musical scene owed as much to luck as to skilful planning. Haydn's engagement in London proved to be a much-needed uplift to Salomon's career which, as Woodfield illustrates, had been on the wane for a number of years. In addition to its reassessment of Salomon's uneven career in London during the 1780s, this book throws light on the general relationship between public and private spheres of professional music-making at the time, and on the relationship between the social and professional attributes required of musicians if they were to be successful. Nowhere are these tensions better illustrated than in the letters and journals of the Burney family, especially those of Susan Burney, which are drawn on in the book to provide a vivid picture of the fiercely competitive musical world of 18th-century London.
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Salomon made his début in England on 23 March 1781 in a performance of Arne's Elfrida. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Professional Concert, Susan Burney, Hanover Square, King's Theatre, British Library, Morning Post, Titchfield Street, Fanny Burney, General History, Berg Collection, New York Public Library, The Letters of Charles Burney, Biographical Dictionary, John Bland, Miss Abrams, The Times, Concert Life, Norbury Park, Captain Phillips, June Gallini, Robbins Landon, Armagh Public Library, Box Hill, Francis Fowke, General Advertiser New!
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Salomon made his début in England on 23 March 1781 in a performance of Arne's Elfrida. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Professional Concert, Susan Burney, Hanover Square, King's Theatre, British Library, Morning Post, Titchfield Street, Fanny Burney, General History, Berg Collection, New York Public Library, The Letters of Charles Burney, Biographical Dictionary, John Bland, Miss Abrams, The Times, Concert Life, Norbury Park, Captain Phillips, June Gallini, Robbins Landon, Armagh Public Library, Box Hill, Francis Fowke, General Advertiser New!
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- A General History of Music by Charles Burney on 4 pages
- Dictionary Of Music And Musicians (9 Volumes)) (Music Book Index) by Sir George Grove in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Opera and Drama in Eighteenth-Century London: The King's Theatre, Garrick and the Business of Performance (Cambridge Studies in Opera) by Ian Woodfield on page 13, and Back Matter
- Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn by Simon McVeigh in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The History of Fanny Burney by Joyce Hemlow on page 41, and Back Matter
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- To Fill, Forbear, or Adorne': The Organ Accompaniment of Restoration Sacred Music (Royal Musical Association Monographs) (Royal Musical Association Monographs) by Rebecca Herissone in Front Matter
- Concert Life in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Susan Wollenberg on page 168
- Repetition in Music: Theoretical and Metatheoretical Perspectives (Royal Musical Association Monographs) (Royal Musical Association Monographs) by Adam Ockelford in Front Matter
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