The Wheatstone English Concertina in Victorian England
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0198165803
ISBN-13
9780198165804
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 24th, 1996
Print length
168 Pages
Weight
582 grams
Dimensions
25.40 x 19.60 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groupsWind instruments
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This is a study of the Wheatstone English concertina and its music, players, and audiences in Victorian England. Illustrated with music examples throughout, this study also contains an appendix containing five pieces written specially for the instrument by the composers of the day.
The Wheatstone English concertina was enormously popular in Victorian England. Developed around 1830 by the physicist Sir Charles Wheatstone, the instrument quickly found a home on the leading concert stage and in upper-class salons. It attracted such composers as Macfarren, Benedict, Barnett, and molique, who supplied its repertory with concertos, sonatas, character pieces, and chamber works. It two great virtuosos, Giulio Regondi and Richard Blagrove, drew the plaudits of audiences, and critics alike.This is the first comprehensive book about the instrument, its players, audiences, and reception. An appendix contains an edition of five pieces for the instrument.
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