Instrumental Teaching in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain)

✍ Scribed by David J. Golby

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 380
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

It is a truth widely acknowledged that, while part of a uniquely diverse and vibrant musical environment, the achievements of home-grown British instrumentalists in the 19th century gave little cause for national pride. Drawing together information from a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, in particular treatises and tutors, David Golby demonstrates that while Britain produced many fewer instrumental virtuosi than its foreign neighbours, there developed a more serious and widespread interest in the cultivation of music throughout the 19th century. Taking a predominantly historical approach, the book moves from a discussion of general developments and issues to a detailed examination of violin pedagogy, method and content which is used as a guide to society's influence on cultural trends and informs the discussion of other instruments and institutional training that follows. Dr Golby examines in depth the inextricable links between trends in society, education and levels of achievement. He also extends his study beyond professional and "art" music to incorporate the hugely significant amateur and "popular" spheres. To provide a contextual framework for the study, the book includes a chronology of developments in 19th-century British music education, and a representative chronology of principal British instrumental treatises 1780-1900, that features over 700 items.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
General Editor’s Series Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 17
PART ONE......Page 20
The Consumer Society......Page 22
The Musician’s Lot......Page 37
Music and the Moral Dimension: ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’......Page 46
Musical Appreciation......Page 52
‘Artistic awakening’ or ‘damnable flood’? The Popularity of Music and the Spread of Opportunity......Page 55
The Legacy of the Eighteenth Century......Page 60
The Nineteenth Century......Page 84
Instruction Methods......Page 108
Styles and Personalities......Page 123
Sources: General Trends......Page 131
The Vocal Model......Page 160
PART TWO......Page 162
Violinists in Britain......Page 164
The Violin and Bow......Page 180
Violin Technique......Page 183
The Violin: Stigma and Solace......Page 222
The Viola, Double Bass and Violoncello......Page 232
PART THREE......Page 236
Keyboard......Page 238
Wind......Page 244
Brass......Page 248
Plucked Strings and Miscellaneous......Page 254
5 Institutions......Page 258
Prior to c.1850......Page 259
c.1850–c.1900......Page 273
6 Conclusion: Realized Potential and Stifled Ambition......Page 284
1 A Chronology of Nineteenth-Century British Music Education......Page 290
2 A Chronology of Principal British Instrumental Treatises, 1780–1900......Page 296
3 Treatises in the Chronology......Page 324
Bibliography......Page 332
B......Page 366
C......Page 367
D......Page 368
F......Page 369
H......Page 370
J......Page 371
M......Page 372
P......Page 374
Q......Page 375
S......Page 376
T......Page 377
W......Page 379
Z......Page 380