Item Detail
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Hall, Charles J.
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A nineteenth-century musical chronicle : events, 1800-1899
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Book
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Music reference collection ; no. 21
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New York, N.Y.
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1989
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Greenwood Press
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374 p. ; 25 cm.
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English
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031326578X (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
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Music--19th century--Chronology.
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Music Chronology; Nineteenth Century; Music History
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ML 196 .H34 1989
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Hall, Charles J. A Nineteenth-Century Musical Chronicle Event 1800-1899. Music Reference Collection, no. 21. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
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A 19th century chronology of world events, cultural highlights (art and literature) and an emphasis on musical events. Useful in finding important musical happenings for a particular year.
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Focus on world cultural and musical events from 1800-1899.
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Arranged chronologically. Each year is allotted three pages and includes three sections: World Events, Cultural Highlights and Musical Events. The Musical Events is divided into nine sections: Birth, Deaths, Debuts, New Positions, Prizes and Honors, Biographical Highlights, Institutional Openings, Musical Literature and Musical Composition. A General Musical Index arranged alphabetically at the end.
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Editorial bias in assuming specific dates for the completion of a work when it occurred over a few years. Contains many typographical errors.
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Albrecht, Theodore. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 48 (September 1991): 91-93.http://www.jstor.org/stable/941787
Leuchtmann, Horst. Fontes artis musicae 38 (July-September 1991): 246-47. -
BYU Mus Ref
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906