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Memoirs of Doctor Burney - Arranged from His Own Manuscripts, from Family Papers, and from Personal Recollections (Paperback)
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Memoirs of Doctor Burney - Arranged from His Own Manuscripts, from Family Papers, and from Personal Recollections (Paperback)
Series: Memoirs of Doctor Burney 3 Volume Paperback Set, Volume 1
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Charles Burney (1726-1814), the music historian, is best remembered
for his General History of Music and the accounts of his musical
tours in Europe. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and David
Garrick, corresponded with Diderot and Haydn and was made Fellow of
the Royal Society in 1773. Although he was a music teacher by
profession, it was his writings on music which brought him
widespread recognition. Following publication of the General
History, he began his memoirs but did not complete them. It is
likely that he intended his daughter, the novelist Fanny Burney, to
publish the memoirs after his death using his manuscript and other
papers. Instead she created her own embellished version, adding
stylised accounts of events emphasising the literary and social,
rather than the musical aspects. Volume 1 takes us to the mid-1770s
with the publication of the accounts of the two musical tours.
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