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Lectures on music, delivered at Oxford University, by William
Crotch in 1797. He was both Professor of Music at Oxford and
Principal of the Royal Academy of Music.
Instrumental in the revival of early music, Crotch's C18-19th
lectures on music were the first of their kind. The lectures on
music which Crotch delivered at Oxford after becoming Heyther
Professor of Music in 1797 were the first of their kind.
Illustrated by performed extracts from the neglected music of the
past, they encouraged historical awareness of musical style and
further stimulated the revival of early music.
An exceptional child prodigy at the keyboard, the organist and
composer William Crotch (1775-1847) attracted the attention of both
George III and Charles Burney, going on to become one of the most
eminent musical figures of his day. Following a period of study in
Cambridge, at the age of fifteen he was appointed organist at
Christ Church, Oxford. At twenty-one he assumed the university's
chair of music, a post he retained until his death. The first
principal of the Royal Academy of Music between 1822 and 1832,
Crotch is remembered today for his oratorio Palestine. The present
work, which first appeared in 1831, made his expertise available to
a wider audience. Based on popular lectures given in Oxford and
London, the book includes a penetrating assessment of contemporary
musical taste and a list of Crotch's sheet music. His Elements of
Musical Composition (1812) is also reissued in this series.
An exceptional child prodigy at the keyboard, the organist and
composer William Crotch (1775-1847) attracted the attention of both
George III and Charles Burney, going on to become one of the most
eminent musical figures of his day. Following a period of study in
Cambridge, at the age of fifteen he was appointed organist at
Christ Church, Oxford. At twenty-one he assumed the university's
chair of music, a post he retained until his death. The first
principal of the Royal Academy of Music between 1822 and 1832,
Crotch is remembered today for his oratorio Palestine. The present
work, first published in 1812, made his expertise available to a
wider audience. A clearly written primer on music theory,
composition and figured bass, it includes an abundance of musical
examples. Crotch's Substance of Several Courses of Lectures on
Music (1831) is also reissued in this series.
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