Romanticism and music culture in Britain, 1770-1840
Subtitle: virtue and virtuosity
By: Gillen D'Arcy Wood.
Series: Cambridge studies in romanticism
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521117333
Subjects: Music and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Music and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Virtuosophobia; title: Seward's handelomania; title: The Burney baroque; title: Wordsworth castrato; title: Cockney mozart; title: Austen's accomplishment; title: The Byron of the piano; title: Coda : The mechanical nightingale.