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1 online resource (271 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Text; Introduction; Charles A vison's Life and Musical Activity; Charles A vison as Composer; Avison's Recommendations on Musical Performance; An Essay on Musical Expression: Origins, Aim and Method; Imitation; Melody and Harmony; William Hayes and the Remarks on Mr. A vis on's Essay on Musical Expression; Avison's Reply to Hayes: towards an Aesthetic of Sensibility; Notes; An Essay on Musical Expression (1752-53); ADVERTISEMENT; AN ESSAY ON MUSICAL EXPRESSION; PART I |
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SECT II: On the Analogies between MUSIC and PAINTINGPART II: On MUSICAL COMPOSITION; SECT II: On the too close Attachment to HARMONY, and Neglect of AIR; SECT III: On MUSICAL EXPRESSION, so far as it relates to the Composer; Notes; Remarla on Mr. Avison 's Essay on Musical Expression (1753); REMARKS ON Mr. Avison's ESSAY ON MUSICAL EXPRESSION; SECT II: On the Analogies between MUSIC and PAINTING; Grand CHORUS; To return to the Essay; Notes; A Reply to the Author of Remarla on the Essay on Musical Expression (1753); A REPLY, Notes; Miscellaneous 'Prefaces' and 'Advertisements' |
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Preface -- 6 Concertos in 7 Parts op. 3 (1751)Advertisement -- 8 Concertos in 7 Parts op. 4 (1755); Advertisement -- 6 Sonatas for the Harpsichord op. 5 (1756); Advertisement -- 26 Concertos (1758); Advertisement -- 6 Sonatas for the Harpsichord op. 7 (1760); Advertisement -- 6 Sonatas for the Harpsichord op. 8 (1764); Preface -- 12 Concertos op. 9 (1766); Notes; Remarks on the Psalms of Marcello (1757); REMARKS ON THE PSALMS OF MARCELLO; Notes; Appendices; Appendix 1. A Catalogue of the Compositions of Charles Avison |
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Appendix 2. Compositions of the Organs of St. John the Baptist and St. Nicholas in the Days of Charles AvisonAppendix 3. Article published by Charles Avison in The Newcastle Journal, no 1016, 4-11 November 1758; Appendix 4. Article published in The Newcastle Journal, March 20, 1759; Bibliography; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Performance practice (Music) -- Early works to 1800
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Performance practice (Music)
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Early works
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Dubois, Pierre, 1951-
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| ISBN |
9781351572354 |
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1351572350 |
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