Letters of Samuel Wesley
«A distinctive contribution to Wesley scholarship.»
The Tracker
Samuel Wesley (1766-1837) was one of the leading composers and organists of his day, a rebel, and a misfit. These letters to his friends and fellow musicians offer an unparalleled view of life as a professional musician in London in the early nineteenth century. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198164234
- Utgivelsesår
- 2001
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
«A distinctive contribution to Wesley scholarship.»
The Tracker
«... excellent Biographical Introduction ... Philip Olleson has done a tremendous service to the historians of both music and Methodism by not only making the correspondence accessible but providing such extensive and scholarly footnotes ... a valuable addition to the available literature on the Wesley family at a time when Samuel's music is becoming more widely available.»
Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society
«An outstanding scholarly resource that will interest greatly scholars from music to history to religion.»
Anglican and Episcopal History
«For those studying Samuel Wesley's life or music, the collection will rightly be seen as indispensable.»
The Heythrop Journal
«Philip Olleson's volume Professional and social correspondence 1797-1837 is beautifully produced and an indispensable companion to the Source book. Within its pages Wesley's voice speaks clearly and continuously.»
Musical Times
«Scholars owe Philip Olleson an enormous debt of gratitude, because he has opened the door on an extremely significant, yet little known, area of research, and has given Samuel Wesley the recognition he truly deserves.»
Recusant History
«The publication marks a turning point in our understanding of this extraordinary member of the Wesley family. It brings together for the first time some 400 letters to friends and fellow musicians, meticulously researched, superbly annotated and indexed and prefaced by a chronology of Samuels's life and a brief biography.»
Methodist Recorder
«A welcome and long overdue initiative.»
The Tablet
«Wesley, whose own publishing ventures came to little, and whose contributions to musical learning were never given their due value ... would have been amazed and delighted to see this beautifully produced book, doubtless pausing only a moment before dashing off a long and genial letter of approbation to its precise and literate editor, Philip Olleson.»
Times Literary Supplement