Dr. Burney as critic and historian of music
By: by Kerry S. Grant.
Series: Studies in musicology ;
Publisher: UMI Research Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 381
Subjects: Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.; Music -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [361]-370.
Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California at Berkeley, 1977.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1  Critic in Conflict; title: Chapter 2  Burney's Style of Criticism; title: Chapter 3  The Genesis of the History of Music; title: Chapter 4  The Debut of the Critic: The Continental Tours; title: Chapter 5   Music to 1450: The Reluctant Historian; title: Chapter 6   Chamber Music: Burney the Progressive; title: Chapter 8   Dramatic Music: Burney the Covert Conservative; title: Chapter 9   Burney's Achievement as a Critic and Historian of Music