Memoirs of Doctor Burney
Arranged from His Own Manuscripts, from Family Papers, and from Personal Recollections

The novelist Fanny Burney's embellished version of the memoirs of her father; the music historian Charles Burney (1726–1814).

Fanny Burney (Edited by)

9781108013710, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 June 2010

380 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.48 kg

Charles Burney (1726–1814), the music historian, is best remembered for his General History of Music and the accounts of his musical tours in Europe. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and David Garrick, corresponded with Diderot and Haydn and was made Fellow of the Royal Society in 1773. Although he was a music teacher by profession, it was his writings on music which brought him widespread recognition. Following publication of the General History, he began his memoirs but did not complete them. It is likely that he intended his daughter, the novelist Fanny Burney, to publish the memoirs after his death using his manuscript and other papers. Instead she created her own embellished version, adding stylised accounts of events emphasising the literary and social, rather than the musical aspects. Volume 1 takes us to the mid-1770s with the publication of the accounts of the two musical tours.

Preface
Introduction
Memoirs of Dr Burney.

Subject Areas: Baroque music [c 1600 to c 1750 AVGC3]