Wollenberg, Susan - Music at Oxford in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

This survey distils a wide range of documentary and musical evidence relating to a particularly rich period in the city of Oxford's history. Aspects discussed include concert life, the choral tradition, the gradual establishment of an honours school of music, visiting musicians such as Handel and Haydn, Liszt and Joachim, and the role of figures such as William Crotch, Frederick Ouseley and Hubert Parry in raising the status of music and the musical profession.

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CONTENTS

Preface
Bibliographical Note
Abbreviations
Part I The Eighteenth Century1 Introduction: the Tradition before c.1600
2 Music in an Academic Context, I
3 Music in the University and City, II
4 Concert Life in Eighteenth-century Oxford
5 The Colleges, I
6 The Personalities: the Goodsons, William and Philip Hayes, Crotch and Malchair
Part II The Nineteenth Century7 Music in an Academic Context, II
8 Music in the University and City, II
9 Nineteenth-Century Concert Life
10 The Colleges, II
11 Personalities: Bishop, Ouseley, Stainer, Parry, Parratt, and Allen
12 Epilogue: the tradition after c.1914
Bibliography