This volume of primary source material examines music and British national identity during the ninteenth century. Sources explore the reception of British music, continental and other foreign music, English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish music, and Empire. The collection of materials are accompanied by an introduction by Rosemary Golding, as well as headnotes contextualising the pieces. This collection will be of great value to students and scholars.
Volume 4: Music and British Identity
Introduction – volume 4
Part 1. Reputation and Reception of British Music
1. Anon., ‘On the State of Music in Scotland’ in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine vol. 3 no. 15 (June 1818), pp. 265-270
2. George Hogarth [D.A.B.], ‘On the State of Music in Edinburgh’ in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine vol. 3 no. 17 (August 1818), pp. 538-542
3. Anon., ‘Considerations on the Character of the English, as a Musical People; Letter to the Editor from Juvenis’, in Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review vol. 4 no. 13 (1822), pp. 134-137
4. H. R. Haweis, ‘Music in England’, in Music and Morals (London: Strahan & Co., 1871), pp. 491-505
5. F. Davenport, ‘Music in England’ in The Saint Pauls Magazine vol. 13 (September 1873), pp. 275-284
6. Frederick J. Crowest, ‘Our Musical Progress’, in Phases of Musical England (1881), pp. 288-310
7. Alexander Mackenzie, ‘The Aspects and Prospects of Music in England’ in The Quarterly Musical Review vol. 3 no. 9 (February 1887), pp. 38-50
8. Arthur Sullivan, ‘About Music’ (1888) reprinted in Arthur Lawrence, Sir Arthur Sullivan: Life, Story, Letters and Reminiscences (London: J. Bowden 1899), pp. 261-287
9. J. A. Fuller Maitland, ‘The Transition’, in English Music in the XIXth Century (London: Grant Richards, 1902), pp. 123-139
10. W. Johnson Galloway, M.P., The Operatic Problem (London: John Long, 1902), pp. 7-18
11. Arthur Johnstone, ‘Music in the 19th Century’, in Musical Criticisms (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1905), pp. 182-200
Part 2. Compositional Schools and National Music
12. Richard Mackenzie Bacon [‘Timotheus’], ‘Formation of an English School’ in The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review vol. 1 no. 1 (1818), pp. 36-45
13. John Parry, ‘Welsh Music No. I’ in The Cambro-Briton vol. 1 no. 1 (September 1819), pp. 13-14 and ‘Welsh Music No. II’ in The Cambro-Briton vol. 1 no. 2 (October 1819), pp. 52-54
14. Richard Edgcumbe, ‘Observations on English Music’, Musical Reminiscences, containing an account of the Italian Opera in England, from 1773 to 1823 2nd edition (London: W. Clarke, 1827), pp. 142-145
15. Anon., ‘The Music of Ireland, Wales and Scotland’, in Music in England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland from the earliest ages to the present time (London: Cradock and Co., 1845), pp. 21-26
16. Henry C. Lunn, ‘A Few Thoughts on the Schools of Music’, Musings of a Musician: a series of popular sketches, illustrative of musical matters and musical people 2nd edition (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1846), pp. 1-5
17. G. A. Macfarren, ‘The National Music of Our Native Land’, The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular vol. 14 no. 329 (1 July 1870), pp. 519-522 and ‘The National Music of Our Native Land (Concluded)’, The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular vol. 14 no. 330 (1 August 1870), pp. 551-555
18. W. Barry, ‘The Current Street Ballads of Ireland’ in Macmillan's Magazine vol. 25 no. 147 (January 1872), pp. 190-199.
19. Henry Brinley Richards, 'Preface', in The Songs of Wales (Caneuon Cymru) 4th edn (London: Boosey, 1879), pp. 1-3
20. J.S. Blackie, ‘Songs, Popular, of the Scottish Highlanders’ in Macmillan's Magazine vol. 52 (1885), pp. 304-313
21. Frederick J. Crowest, ‘Wanted! An English Musical Style’ in The National Review vol. 9 no. 50 (April 1887), pp. 208-213.
22. Anon., ‘Dr Parry and the English School’ in The Musical Herald (1 November 1892), pp. 323-326
23. Annie W. Patterson, ‘The Characteristic Traits of Irish Music’ in Proceedings of the Musical Association, 23rd Sess. (1896-1897), pp. 91-111
Part 3. Europe, Empire and Beyond
24. W. Ouseley, ‘Anecdotes of Indian Music’, in The Belfast Monthly Magazine vol. 2 no. 6 (31 January 1809), pp. 6-7
25. Richard Mackenzie Bacon, ‘Sketch on the State of Music in London’ in The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review vol. 4 no. 14 (1822), pp. 237-241
26. Anon., ‘Foreign Institutions and English Judgment’ in The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review vol. 8 no. 32 (1826), pp. 405-416
27. Richard Edgcumbe, Musical Reminiscences, containing an account of the Italian Opera in England, from 1773 fourth edition (London: John Andrews, 1834), pp. 201-221
28. Henry Fothergill Chorley, ‘The Brunswick Festival: The Oratorio – the Ball’, Music and Manners in France and Germany vol. 1 (London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841), pp. 254-271
29. Anon., ‘German Music’ in The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular vol. 8 no. 185 (1 July 1858), pp. 268-270, 275
30. Carl Engel, ‘Introduction’, (extract) in An Introduction to the Study of National Music; Comprising Researches into Popular Songs, Traditions, and Customs (London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1866), pp. 1-13
31. Joseph Kaines, ‘On Some of the Racial Aspects of Music’ in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland vol. 1 (1872), pp. xxviii-xxxvi
32. T. F. W., ‘A Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Wagner’ in The Irish Monthly, vol. 16, no. 184 (1888), pp. 581–591.
33. C. Hubert H. Parry, ‘Modern Phases of Opera’, The Art of Music (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1893), pp. 335-353
34. R. Etheridge, Jr., ‘An Australian Aboriginal Musical Instrument’ in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland vol. 23 (1894), pp. 320-324
35. Ernest Newman, ‘A Psychological Preliminary’, A Study of Wagner (1899), pp. 1-15
36. Sarah A. Tooley, ‘A Chat with Madame Albani’ in The Lady’s Realm, an Illustrated Monthly Magazine vol. 5 (November 1898-April 1899) pp. 463-467
Part 4 The Musical Past
37. A Subscriber, ‘The Ancient Music of Ireland Adapted to the Piano Forte’ in The Belfast Monthly Magazine vol. 2 no. 8 (31 March 1809), pp. 191-193
38. Anon., ‘History of Music’ in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction vol. 6 no. 152, 158 and no. 170 (23 July, 3 September and 26 November 1825), pp. 70-71, 162-164 and 356-359
39. Anon., ‘Ancient Scottish Music – The Skene MS’ in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine vol. 45 no. 279 (January 1839), pp. 1-16
40. Edward Bunting, The Ancient Music of Ireland, arranged for the Pianoforte (Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1840), Preface pp. 1-11
41. William Chappell Popular Music of the Olden Time (2 vols. London: Cramer, Beale & Chappell, 1858-9), vol. 1, Introduction pp. v-xii
42. Joseph Bennett, ‘The Influence of Handel on Music in England’ in The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular vol. 18 no. 413 (1 July 1877), pp. 321-324
43. Frederick J. Crowest, ‘Purcell and the Making of Musical England’ in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine vol. 158 no. 962 (December 1895), pp. 819-835
44. Anon., ‘Purcell’ in Monthly Musical Record vol. 25 no. 300 (1 December 1895), pp. 265-266
45. James E. Matthew, ‘The Literature of Ancient Music’ and ‘The Mediaeval Writers on Music’, The Literature of Music (London: Eliot Stock, 1896), pp. 1-20.
Index
Biography
Dr Rosemary Golding, Open University, UK
