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London: A Musical Gazetteer Book

The essential companion to musical LondonRead More

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  • Book Description

    Music lovers will find this book a treasury abounding with information, walking tours, illustrations, maps, biographies, and more relating to the multitude of musical landmarks in London. From Handelâ??s house to George Gershwinâ??s recording studios, from cathedrals to graveyards, this unprecedented guide features an incredible array of fascinating musical sites.

  • Product Description

    This compact and convenient guide to music in London features the sites where music has flourished and where leading musicians have lived or performed in the city—from Handelâ??s house to Berliozâ??s rooms, from cathedrals and churches to recording studios and concert halls. It provides historical information on auditoriums and opera houses, theatres, conservatories, museums, libraries, galleries, graves, memorials and statues, orchestras, music publishers, auction houses, and places of musical interest in the greater London area. The book includes biographical accounts of some 125 composers and musicians who inhabited or visited London.

    The book offers interesting musical walks, a historical overview, and the most thorough account yet published of musical compositions evoking London. Boxes within the text present information on such topics as the music Wagner conducted in London in 1855, the organists and choirmasters of the cathedrals, and Gershwinâ??s recording sessions. With maps, bibliography, web addresses, information on transport and access, and an extensive index, this unique compilation is enhanced with many striking illustrations.

  • 0300104022
  • 9780300104028
  • L Foreman
  • 11 March 2005
  • Yale University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 384
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