Musical Biography: Volume 1
Or, Memoirs of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Musical Composers and Writers, Who Have Flourished in the Different Countries of Europe during the Last Three Centuries

Published in 1814, this two-volume compilation covers chiefly Italian, German and British musicians of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

William Bingley (Author)

9781108064262, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 March 2014

424 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.54 kg

A naturalist and Church of England clergyman, William Bingley (1774–1823) wrote widely on botany, topography and zoology. Works such as his Tour of North Wales (1800), Animal Biography (1802) and Memoirs of British Quadrupeds (1809) enjoyed great popularity. He served as curate of the priory in Christchurch, Hampshire, and from 1816 to 1823 as minister of Fitzroy Chapel in Charlotte Street, London. This two-volume publication, which first appeared in 1814, is one of his many works of compilation. Bingley takes as his principal sources the great music histories of Hawkins and Burney (also reissued in this series), to which he acknowledges his debt. The work comprises vignettes of chiefly Italian, German and British composers of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, touching also on French and Spanish musicians. Volume 1 covers the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The introduction gives a brief account of early church music.

Preface
Introduction
1. English musical composers and writers, 1500–1600
2. Italian musical composers and writers, 1500–1600
3. German musical composers and writers, 1500–1600
4. English musical composers and writers, 1600–50
5. Italian musical composers and writers, 1600–50
6. English musical composers and writers, 1650–1700
7. Italian musical composers and writers, 1650–1700
8. German musical composers and writers, 1650–1700
9. French musical composers and writers, 1500–1700
10. English musical composers and writers, 1700–25.

Subject Areas: Music [AV]