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John Wesley
(Paperback)
John Wesley; Edited by A.C. Outler
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R806
Discovery Miles 8 060
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Over the course of the past 40 years, painter John Wesley has
created a remarkably singular body of work whose subject is no less
than the American psyche. While many artists of his generation have
used popular images to explore the cultural landscape, Wesley has
employed comic strip style and compositional rigor to make deeply
personal, often hermetic paintings that strike at the core of our
most primal fears, joys and desires. In this first volume ever to
collect the entire iconic Bumstead series, which spans from 1974
until the present, we are introduced to several paintings that have
never been reproduced before. These are dark and erotic works, sly
and witty without ever giving too much away. Linda Norden described
them thus in Parkett 62: "The Bumstead paintings--whether detailing
scenes of domestic misunderstanding, zooming in on off-camera
moments of bafflement or simply scanning empty halls and walls for
private memories--are excruciatingly specific representations of
the gulfs between feeling and comprehension... smart, funny,
startling, irreverently empathetic and often heartbreaking, they
are a welcome antidote to more laborious discourse." With an
insightful new essay by Robert Hobbs.
A vivid picture of the public and private life of a professional
musician in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century London.
This well-documented life of Samuel Wesley gives a vivid picture of
the life of a professional musician in late eighteenth and early
nineteenth-century London. Wesley was born in 1766, the son of the
Methodist hymn-writer CharlesWesley and nephew of the preacher John
Wesley. He was the finest composer and organist of his generation,
but his unconventional behaviour makes him of more than ordinary
interest. He lived through a crucial stage of English musicfrom the
immediately post-Handel generation to the early Romantic period,
and his large output includes piano and organ music, orchestral
music, church music, glees, and songs. He also taught and lectured
on music, and was involved in journalism, publishing, and promoting
the music of J. S. Bach. This book draws on letters, family papers,
and other contemporary documents to offer a full study of Wesley,
his music, and his life and times. PHILIP OLLESON is Professor of
Historical Musicology at the University of Nottingham. He has
edited The Letters of Samuel Wesley: Professional and Social
Correspondence, 1797-1837, is the joint author (with Michael
Kassler) of Samuel Wesley (1766-1837): A Source Book, and has
written extensively about other aspects of music in England in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
"I felt my heart strangely warmed." That was how John Wesley
described his transformational experience of God's grace at
Aldersgate Street on May 24, 1738, an event that some mark as the
beginning of the Methodist Church. Yet the story of Methodism,
while clearly shaped by John Wesley's sermons and Charles Wesley's
hymns, is much richer and more expansive. In this book, Methodist
theologian Jeffrey W. Barbeau provides a brief and helpful
introduction to the history of Methodism-from the time of the
Wesleys, through developments in North America, to its diverse and
global communion today-as well as its primary beliefs and
practices. With Barbeau's guidance, both those who are already
familiar with the Wesleyan tradition and those seeking to know more
about this significant movement within the church's history will
find their hearts warmed to Methodism.
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Music and the Wesleys
(Paperback)
Nicholas Temperley; Edited by Stephen 0 Banfield; Contributions by Stephen 0 Banfield, Jonathan Barry, Martin V. Clarke, …
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R668
Discovery Miles 6 680
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Providing new insight into the Wesley family, the fundamental
importance of music in the development of Methodism, and the
history of art music in Britain, Music and the Wesleys examines
more than 150 years of a rich music-making tradition in England.
John Wesley and his brother Charles, founders of the Methodist
movement, considered music to be a vital part of religion, while
Charles's sons Charles and Samuel and grandson Samuel Sebastian
were among the most important English composers of their time. This
book explores the conflicts faced by the Wesleys but also
celebrates their triumphs: John's determination to elevate the
singing of his flock; the poetry of Charles's hymns and their
musical treatment in both Britain and America; the controversial
family concerts by which Charles launched his sons on their
careers; the prolific output of Charles the younger; Samuel's range
and rugged individuality as a composer; the oracular boldness of
Sebastian's religious music and its reception around the
English-speaking world. Exploring British concert life, sacred
music forms, and hymnology, the contributors analyze the political,
cultural, and social history of the Wesleys' enormous influence on
English culture and religious practices. Contributors are Stephen
Banfield, Jonathan Barry, Martin V. Clarke, Sally Drage, Peter S.
Forsaith, Peter Holman, Peter Horton, Robin A. Leaver, Alyson
McLamore, Geoffrey C. Moore, John Nightingale, Philip Olleson,
Nicholas Temperley, J. R. Watson, Anne Bagnall Yardley, and Carlton
R. Young.
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