LibGuides: Eighteenth Century English Literature: MUSIC

REFERENCE & BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Painting of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, Act 5; by William Hogarth

The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera [BOOK]
Edited by Anthony R. DelDonna and Pierpaolo (2009) | Bixler Library MUSIC ML1704 .C36 2009
See especially "Opera in eighteenth-century England: English opera, masques, ballad operas" by Michael Burden
The Cambridge History of Eighteenth Century Music [BOOK]
Edited by Simon P. Keefe (2009) | Bixler Library MUSIC ML195 .C35 2009
See especially:
"Protestant church music in England and America" by Charles E. Brewer
"The lure of aria, procession and spectacle: opera in eighteenth-century London" by Michael Burden
"Handel and English oratorio" by Eva Zöllner
Mr. Langshaw's Square Piano: The Story of the First Pianos and How They Caused a Cultural Revolution [BOOK]
By Madeline Goold (2009) | Bixler Library MUSIC ML678.3 .G66 2009

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Journey -- Revival and restoration -- Broadwood pianos -- The two organists -- Keyboard makers -- Invention and enterprise -- The Langshaws of Lancaster -- Jack in London -- Jack's return to London -- A subscription concert at the Wesleys -- Pianos, culture and commerce -- Mr. John Langshaw -- Broadwood's global network -- Pianos in drawing-room and parlour -- The wife of the clergyman -- Epilogue: The music room -- Appendix I: Mr. John Langshaw's Broadwood piano purchases -- Appendix II: Langshaw pedigree -- Appendix III: Broadwoods
Music in the Eighteenth Century [BOOK]
By John Rice | Bixler Library MUSIC ML195 .R53 2013
George Frideric Handel: A Concise Biography [VIDEO]