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

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 8 January, 2022 - 22:54

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

DeSimone, Alison Clark,

Source:

Clemson University Press,, Clemson, SC, United States, p.1 online resource (xv, 315 pages) : (2021)

Call Number:

ML286.3

URL:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1k531b3

Keywords:

(OCoLC)fst00880635, (OCoLC)fst01030269, (OCoLC)fst01030444, 18th century, 18th century., bicssc, bisacsh, Cosmopolitanism, Cosmopolitanism., England, fast, History, History & Criticism., History and criticism., Music, Music., Social aspects, Social aspects., Theory of music & musicology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.The Performance of Miscellany in Variety Concerts, 1700-1711 -- "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."This book explores the phenomenon of musical miscellany in early eighteenth-century England both in performance culture and as an aesthetic. Chapters offer analyses of concert programming, music criticism, the compilation of pasticcio operas and songbook miscellanies, and the ways in which musicians shaped their freelancing careers. Musical miscellany juxtaposed foreign and homegrown musical practices and styles in order to stimulate discourse surrounding English musical culture during a time of cosmopolitan transformation"--Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 28, 2021).