1st Edition

Routledge Revivals: Charles Edward Horn's Memoirs of His Father and Himself (2003)

Edited By Michael Kassler Copyright 2003
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 2003, Charles Edward Horn's Memoirs of His Father and Himself is an annotated collection of the memoirs of Charles Edward Horn. They include an account of Horn’s father, Charles Frederick Horn, who arrived penniless in London in 1782 and rose to become music master to Queen Charlotte. Today he is most remembered for his pioneering publications of J.S. Bach’s music in... Read more

Illustrations

Preface

Charles Edward Horn’s Memoir of His Father

Charles Edward Horn’s Memoir of Himself

Appendices

1. Charles Frederick Horn’s Letter to the Compiler of the Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (1823)

2. Charles Edward Horn’s Draft Sketch of his own Career (1828)

3. Charles Edward Horn’s Account of his Father in a Draft Letter to William Ayrton (1830)

4. Charles Edward Horn’s Draft Petition to King William IV (c1830)

5. The Horn Family

6. Correspondence of the Horn Family

7. Chronology

Index of Persons Mentioned

Biography

Michael Kassler