Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression

Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression PDF

Author: Pierre Dubois

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1351572342

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Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression, first published in 1752, is a major contribution to the debate on musical aesthetics which developed in the course of the 18th century. Considered by Charles Burney as the first essay devoted to 'musical criticism' proper, it established the primary importance of 'expression' and reconsidered the relative importance of harmony and melody. Immediately after its publication it was followed by William Hayes's Remarks (1753), to which Avison himself retorted in his Reply. Taken together these three texts offer a fascinating insight into the debate that raged in the 18th century between the promoters of the so-called 'ancient music' (such as Hayes) and the more 'modern' musicians. Beyond matters of taste, what was at stake in Avison's theoretical contribution was the assertion that the individual's response to music ultimately mattered more than the dry rules established by professional musicians. Avison also wrote several prefaces to the published editions of his own musical compositions. This volume reprints these prefaces and advertisements together with his Essay to provide an interesting view of eighteenth-century conceptions of composition and performance, and a complete survey of Avison's theory of music.

Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression

Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression PDF

Author: Pierre Dubois

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1351572350

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Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression, first published in 1752, is a major contribution to the debate on musical aesthetics which developed in the course of the 18th century. Considered by Charles Burney as the first essay devoted to 'musical criticism' proper, it established the primary importance of 'expression' and reconsidered the relative importance of harmony and melody. Immediately after its publication it was followed by William Hayes's Remarks (1753), to which Avison himself retorted in his Reply. Taken together these three texts offer a fascinating insight into the debate that raged in the 18th century between the promoters of the so-called 'ancient music' (such as Hayes) and the more 'modern' musicians. Beyond matters of taste, what was at stake in Avison's theoretical contribution was the assertion that the individual's response to music ultimately mattered more than the dry rules established by professional musicians. Avison also wrote several prefaces to the published editions of his own musical compositions. This volume reprints these prefaces and advertisements together with his Essay to provide an interesting view of eighteenth-century conceptions of composition and performance, and a complete survey of Avison's theory of music.

An Essay on Musical Expression. by Charles Avison. to Which Is Added, a Letter to the Author, Concerning the Music of the Ancients, Likewise, Mr. Avison's Reply to the Author of Remarks on the Essay on Musical Expression Third Edition

An Essay on Musical Expression. by Charles Avison. to Which Is Added, a Letter to the Author, Concerning the Music of the Ancients, Likewise, Mr. Avison's Reply to the Author of Remarks on the Essay on Musical Expression Third Edition PDF

Author: Charles Avison

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-25

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9781385705360

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T101011 The plates are numbered 1, 3-5. With a final advertisement leaf. London: printed for Lockyer Davis, 1775. viii,221, [3]p., plates: engr.music; 8°

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