Charles Edward Horn's Memoirs of His Father and Himself

by Charles Horn, Michael Kassler, Charles Horn

The memoirs of the musician Charles Edward Horn (1786-1849) are published here for the first time, in a copiously annotated edition. They include an account of Horn's father, Charles Frederick Horn (1762-1830), who arrived penniless in London from Germany in 1782 and rose to become seven years later music master to Queen Charlotte and instructor to the royal princesses. Today he is most remembered for his pioneering publications of J.S. Bach's music...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754631745
• ISBN13: 9780754631743
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
• Length: 142 Pages