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Author Timms, Colin

Title Music, Books and Theatre in Eighteenth-Century Exton : A Context for Handel's 'Comus'
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024

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Description 1 online resource (136 p.)
Series Royal Musical Association Monographs
Royal Musical Association monographs.
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Music Examples -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1 The 4th Earl of Gainsborough -- Subscriptions to Books and Music -- Notes -- 2 Evidence from the Archives -- Books -- Music -- Instruments -- Purchase of Music -- Binding -- Paper and Copying -- Performance -- Theatre -- Stages and Scenery -- Repertory -- Productions -- Notes -- 3 Gainsborough's Legacy -- Notes -- Appendix I: Subscriptions and Dedications -- Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough -- Books
Music -- Dorothy Noel (née Manners), Dowager Countess of Gainsborough -- Elizabeth Noel (née Chapman), Countess of Gainsborough -- Notes -- Appendix II: Documents on Music, Books and Theatre -- Documents and Commentaries -- Index to the Documents -- Books -- Positive Identifications (short titles) -- Uncertain Identifications -- Unidentified Items -- Music -- Compositions (short titles) -- Instruments (including strings, bows, etc.) -- Plays -- Theatre -- Bibliography -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Gainsborough, Baptist Noel, Earl of, 1708-1751.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. There in blissful shades and bow'rs.
Milton, John, 1608-1674. Comus.
Masques with music -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Music patronage -- England -- Rutland -- History -- 18th century
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781003860006
1003860001