1st Edition
The Regulation and Reform of Music Criticism in Nineteenth-Century England
By Paul Watt
Copyright 2018
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
144 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Music criticism in England underwent profound change from the 1880s to the 1920s. It gave rise to ‘New criticism’ that aimed to be rational, impartial and intellectually authoritative. It was a break from the criticism of old: the work of the opinionated journalist who wrote descriptive concert reviews with invective, cliché, bias and bombast. Critics such as Ernest Newman (1868–1959), John F.... Read more
1. Contexts 2. Problems 3. Solutions 4. Style 5. Method 6. Legacies
Biography
Paul Watt is a senior lecturer in musicology at Monash University. His books include Ernest Newman: A Critical Biography (2017), Cheap Print and Popular Song in the Nineteenth Century: A Cultural History of the Songster (edited with Derek B. Scott and Patrick Spedding, 2017), Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot (edited with Anne-Marie Forbes, 2015) and Bawdy Songbooks of the Romantic Period (edited with Patrick Spedding, 2011).
'Paul Watt's concise account substantially augments our comprehension of this neglected but important field of activity.' Paul Rodmell, University of Birmingham, Music and Letters
