Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression
Subtitle: With Related Writings by William Hayes and Charles Avison
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780754634607
Subjects: Theory of music & musicology; Philosophy and aesthetics; Music; Music/Songbooks; Instruction & Study - Appreciation; Early works to 1800; Performance practice (Music)
First sentence: AS the public Inclination for Music seems every Day advancing, it may not be amiss, at this Time, to offer a few Observations on that delightful Art; such Observations, I mean, as may be chiefly applicable to the present Times; such as may tend to correct any Errors that have arisen, either in the Composition, or the Practice of Music.