| Description |
xvi, 385 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Music in Britain, 1600-2000
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Music in Britain, 1600-2000.
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| Note |
New Zealand author. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
John Sigismond Cousser and his 'Commonplace Book' -- Hungarian beginnings and the adoption of French musical style -- Kapellmeister at the Wolfenbüttel Court and Braunschweig Opera House -- Ariadne to Porus : Cousser's Braunschweig operas -- 'The incomparable director' in Hamburg, Nuremberg, and Augsburg -- Heliconische Musen-Lust : opera at the Württemberg Court -- 'Il paradiso terrestre'? : Cousser in London -- 'Fortune not blind' : music for Dublin Castle -- 'Our concert' : a musician at home -- Cousser's 'collection of fine musick' and the practicalities of musical exchange -- Appendix 1. Summary of the contents of Cousser's 'Commonplace Book' -- Appendix 2. Cousser's address book -- Appendix 3. Cousser's books of cantatas, madrigals, duets, and serenatas -- Appendix 4. Cousser's inventory of ouverture incipits -- Appendix 5. Transcription of Cousser's notes for his 1716 trip to London and the Continent. |
| Subject |
Kusser, Johann Sigismund, 1660-1727.
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Kusser, Johann Sigismund, 1660-1727. |
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Composers -- Biography.
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Composers -- Biography. |
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Conductors (Music) -- Biography.
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Conductors (Music) -- Biography. |
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Conductors (Music) |
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Composers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781783272341 |
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1783272341 |
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