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1 online resource (360 pages) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; DOCUMENTARY BIOGRAPHY; PART ONE; PART TWO; PART THREE; PART FOUR; PART FIVE; PART SIX; CATALOGUE OF WORKS; BOYCE BIBLIOGRAPHY; GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; SELECT DISCOGRAPHY; SUBJECT INDEX; INDEX OF NAMES |
| Summary |
William Boyce: A Tercentenary Sourcebook and Compendium is published in celebration of the three-hundreth anniversary of the birth in 1711 of England's leading eighteenth-century composer. It is the first book to be devoted to a musician who more than any of his contemporaries carried the flag in the broadest sense for English music during a period that was inevitably dominated by the towering figure of Handel, who was then resident in London. By the late 19th century, however, Boyce had beco .. |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Boyce, William, 1711-1779.
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| SUBJECT |
Boyce, William, 1711-1779 fast |
| Subject |
Music -- England -- 18th century -- History and criticism
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
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Music
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England
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bruce, Robert J
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| ISBN |
9781443828079 |
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1443828076 |
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