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Samuel Wesley (1766-1837): A Source Book - A Source Book (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Samuel Wesley (1766-1837): A Source Book - A Source Book (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Hailed as a child prodigy and later acclaimed as England's finest
extempore organist, Samuel Wesley - son of Charles Wesley and
nephew of John Wesley, the founders of Methodism - is best known
today for his musical compositions and for his promotion of the
music of J. S. Bach. At the heart of this source book is a calendar
of Samuel Wesley's correspondence. The editors date and summarise
the content of over 1100 surviving letters and other documents,
most of which have not previously been published. The book
accordingly reveals considerable new information about Wesley and
his complex personal affairs, including his incarceration for debt
and his confinement in a lunatic asylum for a year. Many details
are provided about London musical life in the era from Boyce to
Mendelssohn that prior scholars have not taken into account. The
book also presents a chronology of Wesley's life, a descriptive
list of his nearly 550 musical and literary works, a discography,
an iconography and a bibliography. It therefore is the most
comprehensive available reference source for Wesley's life, times
and music.
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