Henry Fothergill Chorley made his name as music journalist for The
Athanaeum from 1830 until his retirement in 1868. He published
weekly reviews of concerts as well as gossip on musicians and
composers of the day. This book is based on four lectures presented
by the author at the Royal Institution in 1862, and edited after
his death by Henry Hewlett. It outlines the development of the
different traditions and cultures of music across the world and how
western classical composers were inspired and influenced by them.
It contains many musical illustrations, drawn particularly from the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (for example, the fashionable
so-called 'Turkish' music by composers including Mozart and
Rossini). The book, though idiosyncratic and full of sweeping
generalisations, conveys the spirit of its time and the lively
character of its author. It will appeal to all those interested in
the Victorian reception of world music.
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