Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Dr Rosemary Golding, Open University, UK

• Volume 4: Music and British IdentityIntroduction – volume 4Part 1. Reputation and Reception of British Music1. Anon., ‘On the State of Music in Scotland’ in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine vol. 3 no. 15 (June 1818), pp. 265-2702. George Hogarth [D.A.B.], ‘On the State of Music in Edinburgh’ in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine vol. 3 no. 17 (August 1818), pp. 538-5423. Anon., ‘Considerations on the Character of the English, as a Musical People; Letter to the Editor from Juvenis’, in Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review vol. 4 no. 13 (1822), pp. 134-1374. H. R. Haweis, ‘Music in England’, in Music and Morals (London: Strahan & Co., 1871), pp. 491-5055. F. Davenport, ‘Music in England’ in The Saint Pauls Magazine vol. 13 (September 1873), pp. 275-2846. Frederick J. Crowest, ‘Our Musical Progress’, in Phases of Musical England (1881), pp. 288-3107. Alexander Mackenzie, ‘The Aspects and Prospects of Music in England’ in The Quarterly Musical Review vol. 3 no. 9 (February 1887), pp. 38-508. Arthur Sullivan, ‘About Music’ (1888) reprinted in Arthur Lawrence, Sir Arthur Sullivan: Life, Story, Letters and Reminiscences (London: J. Bowden 1899), pp. 261-2879. J. A. Fuller Maitland, ‘The Transition’, in English Music in the XIXth Century (London: Grant Richards, 1902), pp. 123-13910. W. Johnson Galloway, M.P., The Operatic Problem (London: John Long, 1902), pp. 7-18 11. Arthur Johnstone, ‘Music in the 19th Century’, in Musical Criticisms (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1905), pp. 182-200Part 2. Compositional Schools and National Music12. Richard Mackenzie Bacon [‘Timotheus’], ‘Formation of an English School’ in The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review vol. 1 no. 1 (1818), pp. 36-4513. John Parry, ‘Welsh Music No. I’ in The Cambro-Briton vol. 1 no. 1 (September 1819), pp. 13-14 and ‘Welsh Music No. II’ in The Cambro-Briton vol. 1 no. 2 (October 1819), pp. 52-5414. Richard Edgcumbe, ‘Observations on English Music’, Musical Reminiscences, containing an account of the Italian Opera in England, from 1773 to 1823 2nd edition (London: W. Clarke, 1827), pp. 142-14515. Anon., ‘The Music of Ireland, Wales and Scotland’, in Music in England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland from the earliest ages to the present time (London: Cradock and Co., 1845), pp. 21-2616. Henry C. Lunn, ‘A Few Thoughts on the Schools of Music’, Musings of a Musician: a series of popular sketches, illustrative of musical matters and musical people 2nd edition (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1846), pp. 1-517. G. A. Macfarren, ‘The National Music of Our Native Land’, The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular vol. 14 no. 329 (1 July 1870), pp. 519-522 and ‘The National Music of Our Native Land (Concluded)’, The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular vol. 14 no. 330 (1 August 1870), pp. 551-55518. W. Barry, ‘The Current Street Ballads of Ireland’ in Macmillan's Magazine vol. 25 no. 147 (January 1872), pp. 190-199.19. Henry Brinley Richards, 'Preface', in The Songs of Wales (Caneuon Cymru) 4th edn (London: Boosey, 1879), pp. 1-320. J.S. Blackie, ‘Songs, Popular, of the Scottish Highlanders’ in Macmillan's Magazine vol. 52 (1885), pp. 304-31321. Frederick J. Crowest, ‘Wanted! An English Musical Style’ in The National Review vol. 9 no. 50 (April 1887), pp. 208-213.22. Anon., ‘Dr Parry and the English School’ in The Musical Herald (1 November 1892), pp. 323-32623. Annie W. Patterson, ‘The Characteristic Traits of Irish Music’ in Proceedings of the Musical Association, 23rd Sess. (1896-1897), pp. 91-111Part 3. Europe, Empire and Beyond24. W. Ouseley, ‘Anecdotes of Indian Music’, in The Belfast Monthly Magazine vol. 2 no. 6 (31 January 1809), pp. 6-725. Richard Mackenzie Bacon, ‘Sketch on the State of Music in London’ in The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review vol. 4 no. 14 (1822), pp. 237-24126. Anon., ‘Foreign Institutions and English Judgment’ in The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review vol. 8 no. 32 (1826), pp. 405-41627. Richard Edgcumbe, Musical Reminiscences, containing an account of the Italian Opera in England, from 1773 fourth edition (London: John Andrews, 1834), pp. 201-22128. Henry Fothergill Chorley, ‘The Brunswick Festival: The Oratorio – the Ball’, Music and Manners in France and Germany vol. 1 (London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841), pp. 254-27129. Anon., ‘German Music’ in The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular vol. 8 no. 185 (1 July 1858), pp. 268-270, 27530. Carl Engel, ‘Introduction’, (extract) in An Introduction to the Study of National Music; Comprising Researches into Popular Songs, Traditions, and Customs (London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1866), pp. 1-1331. Joseph Kaines, ‘On Some of the Racial Aspects of Music’ in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland vol. 1 (1872), pp. xxviii-xxxvi32. T. F. W., ‘A Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Wagner’ in The Irish Monthly, vol. 16, no. 184 (1888), pp. 581–591.33. C. Hubert H. Parry, ‘Modern Phases of Opera’, The Art of Music (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1893), pp. 335-35334. R. Etheridge, Jr., ‘An Australian Aboriginal Musical Instrument’ in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland vol. 23 (1894), pp. 320-32435. Ernest Newman, ‘A Psychological Preliminary’, A Study of Wagner (1899), pp. 1-1536. Sarah A. Tooley, ‘A Chat with Madame Albani’ in The Lady’s Realm, an Illustrated Monthly Magazine vol. 5 (November 1898-April 1899) pp. 463-467Part 4 The Musical Past 37. A Subscriber, ‘The Ancient Music of Ireland Adapted to the Piano Forte’ in The Belfast Monthly Magazine vol. 2 no. 8 (31 March 1809), pp. 191-19338. Anon., ‘History of Music’ in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction vol. 6 no. 152, 158 and no. 170 (23 July, 3 September and 26 November 1825), pp. 70-71, 162-164 and 356-35939. Anon., ‘Ancient Scottish Music – The Skene MS’ in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine vol. 45 no. 279 (January 1839), pp. 1-1640. Edward Bunting, The Ancient Music of Ireland, arranged for the Pianoforte (Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1840), Preface pp. 1-1141. William Chappell Popular Music of the Olden Time (2 vols. London: Cramer, Beale & Chappell, 1858-9), vol. 1, Introduction pp. v-xii42. Joseph Bennett, ‘The Influence of Handel on Music in England’ in The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular vol. 18 no. 413 (1 July 1877), pp. 321-32443. Frederick J. Crowest, ‘Purcell and the Making of Musical England’ in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine vol. 158 no. 962 (December 1895), pp. 819-83544. Anon., ‘Purcell’ in Monthly Musical Record vol. 25 no. 300 (1 December 1895), pp. 265-26645. James E. Matthew, ‘The Literature of Ancient Music’ and ‘The Mediaeval Writers on Music’, The Literature of Music (London: Eliot Stock, 1896), pp. 1-20.Index