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Author Beale, Robert.

Title Charles Hallé : a musical life / Robert Beale
Published London : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (301 pages)
Series Music in nineteenth-century Britain
Music in nineteenth-century Britain.
Contents Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 The Making of a Musician -- chapter 2 The New Man in Manchester -- chapter 3 An Orchestra Created -- chapter 4 The Uphill Struggle -- chapter 5 The Tradition Begins -- chapter 6 Famine and Feast -- chapter 7 The Golden Years -- chapter 8 The Last Decade -- chapter 9 Halle's Business Model and Methods
Summary "Charles Hall?as one of the leading musicians of the nineteenth century and intimate with almost all of the great composers and performers of his time, as well as a friend of the Royal Family and known as much as a pianist and chamber musician as a conductor, in London, throughout the country and abroad, in addition to Manchester. Robert Beale presents a new perspective on Hall? life and achievement, constructed mainly from primary sources, which serves to dispel many of the inaccuracies and omissions that have stemmed, to a great extent, from Hall? own autobiographical account of 1896. His edited memoirs omit much of the competition and controversy, struggles and disappointments of his career in Manchester, and, indeed, hardly convey the scope of his activities elsewhere. Hall?as a key figure in the shift from contemporary to?classical? repertory in orchestral concerts and piano performance. Not only did he found the Manchester orchestra, in 1862-3 he also gave the first known cycle of Beethoven's piano sonatas. His early annual?recital? series in London marked a new era in the musical history of his time. The formation of the modern 'symphony orchestra' took place during the period of Hall? professional life, and he was a pioneer in the process, in both artistic and business terms. Having adopted the role of orchestral conductor when it was itself relatively novel, he became one of the acknowledged masters of the craft over four and half decades - as well as continuing to appear as solo pianist and chamber musician, and in addition he was enormously influential as musical pedagogue and educationist."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 11, 2017)
Subject Hallé, Charles, 1819-1895.
SUBJECT Hallé, Charles, 1819-1895 fast
Subject Hallé Orchestra.
SUBJECT Hallé Orchestra fast
Subject Conductors (Music) -- England -- Biography
MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Piano & Keyboard.
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Percussion.
Conductors (Music)
England
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351572323
1351572326
9781315095844
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9781351572316
1351572318