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Samuel Sebastian Wesley: A Life (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,992
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Samuel Sebastian Wesley: A Life (Paperback): Peter Horton

Samuel Sebastian Wesley: A Life (Paperback)

Peter Horton

Series: Oxford Studies in British Church Music

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Peter Horton paints a detailed picture of the life and career of this remarkable man whose output includes such favourites as 'Blessed be the God and Father' and 'The wilderness'. Born into one of England's best-known families, Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-76) was not only the foremost organist and church musician of his generation, but a vigorous campaigner for higher standards in cathedral music. He was also a troubled, difficult character, and accounts of his abrasive personality or anecdotes about his fishing exploits have tended to obscure his very real achievements as a composer. Peter Horton has drawn on a wide range of source material to produce a detailed account of Wesley's life and career as he moved from cathedral to cathedral in search of an unattainable ideal, his youthful idealism gradually giving way to the cynicism and disillusion familiar to those who encountered him late in life. He also examines his development as a composer and presents a study of his complete output (including the many non-church works) against the background of his restless career and in a wider European context. The book is illustrated by a generous selection of musical examples and plates, and includes the most detailed list of works to appear in print.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Oxford Studies in British Church Music
Release date: 2010
First published: April 2010
Authors: Peter Horton
Dimensions: 235 x 157 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-958268-6
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music
Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
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LSN: 0-19-958268-8
Barcode: 9780199582686

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