Musical Life of the Crystal Palace

Name: Musical Life of the Crystal Palace
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ISBN: 9780521616072

ISBN-10: 0521616077

ISBN-13: 9780521616072

Edition: 2005

Authors: Michael Musgrave

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Though it was never designed to accommodate musical performance, the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, opened in 1854, quickly established itself as the most important single location for public music-making in the United Kingdom. For almost fifty years the orchestral concerts and choral festivals provided weekly performances which set new standards and introduced new repertory unparalleled anywhere in its time. Since its spectacular destruction by fire in 1936, the once familiar patterns of music-making have been long forgotten. This is the first book to reconstruct the musical history of the Crystal Palace. In so doing, Michael Musgrave also offers a unique survey of British musical life…

Book details

List price: $47.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of illustrations


Preface



The Beginnings



The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park



The Crystal Palace at Sydenham



The Choral Life



The Handel festivals 1857-1926



Other large scale choral performances



August Manns and the Saturday Concerts, 1855-1900



The concerts, orchestra and conductor



Programmes, performers, repertory, programme notes



The Crystal Palace and its audience



Other Orchestral, Vocal and Instrumental Concerts



After Manns: the Crystal Palace amateur orchestra and choir



Popular concerts



Solo instrumental music



The Broader Educational Dimension



Exhibitions; The School of Art, Science and Literature, the Theatre



The great popular festivals


Appendices



The Handel festivals selection day programmes and repertory, 1857-1923



Personnel of the Saturday orchestra



Works by non-British composers given first British performances in the Saturday concerts of the Crystal Palace



Works by British composers given first performances in the Saturday concerts of the Crystal Palace



Staged works with music performed in the theatre



The Brass Band championships


Notes


Bibliography


Index