Music in London and the Myth of Decline

by Ian Taylor

Drawing on a range of contemporary performance documentation, including concert programmes, newspaper reviews and periodical reports, this book addresses what it refers to as the Philharmonic 'myth': the notion that London experienced a period of orchestral inactivity between the departure of Haydn in 1795 and the founding of the Philharmonic Society some eighteen years later. The book illustrates that, far from constituting a radical new departure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521896096
• ISBN13: 9780521896092
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.7"