British Music, Musicians and Institutions, c. 1630-1800

PETER LYNAN is General Editor of Musica Britannica.

Building upon the developing picture of the importance of British music, musicians and institutions during the eighteenth century, this book investigates the themes of composition, performance (amateur and professional) and music-printing, within the wider context of social, religious and secular institutions.

Introduction - Peter Lynan and Julian RushtonPart I. Performers and Performance Style1. Henry, Elizabeth, and George: New Light on Music at Wilton House in the 1770s - Peter Holman2. Wilhelm Cramer, the Professional Concert, and the Foundation of the Modern Symphony Orchestra - Simon McVeigh3. Thomas Vincent (1723-1798): Oboist, Composer, and Entrepreneur - Michael Talbot4. J. C. Bach and the 'true Organ Style': Propriety and Impropriety in Eighteenth-Century English Organ Music - Peter LynanPart II. Composers and Secular Institutions5. Henry Purcell's Mad Songs in the Theatre and Concert Rooms in the Eighteenth Century - Olive Baldwin and Thelma Wilson6. From 'Fowle Originall' to 'Printed for the Author': The Autograph Score of William Croft's 'Laurus cruentas' - Alan Howard7. James Lates of Oxford and his Sixteen Minuets - Susan Wollenberg8. William Hayes (1708-1777), Professor of Music - Simon HeighesPart III. Sacred Music and Institutions9. Music and Musicians at Westminster Abbey, 1685-1760 - Tony Trowles10. Catholic Church Music in Eighteenth-Century Britain - John Caldwell11. Precedents for the Symphony Anthem: British Library Additional Manuscript 31434 and the Court of Charles I - Jonathan P. WainwrightPart IV. Dissemination: Printing and Publishing12. 'You can't have it of Smith except you'll have it wrote out on Purpose': Eighteenth-Century Copyists of Handel's Music in London and the 'Smith Scriptorium' - Donald Burrows13. The Earliest Surviving Engraved Music Plates? - Peter Ward Jones and Kelly DomoneyEpilogue: Musica Britannica and the Eighteenth Century - Julian RushtonHarry Diack Johnstone: A TributeBibliography of the Works of Harry Diack JohnstoneIndex