Research Catalog

Title

The Wheatstone English concertina in Victorian England / Allan W. Atlas.

Author

Atlas, Allan W.

Publication

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1996.

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Description

ix, 155 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

• The Wheatstone English concertina was enormously popular in Victorian England. Developed around 1830 by the physicist Sir Charles Wheatstone, the instrument quickly found a home on the leading concert stages and in upper-class salons. It attracted such composers as Macfarren, Benedict, Barnett, and Molique, who supplied its repertory with concertos, sonatas, character pieces, and chamber works.
• Its two great virtuosos, Giulio Regondi and Richard Blagrove, drew the plaudits of audiences and critics alike. This is the first comprehensive book about the instrument, its music, performers, audiences, and reception. It includes an appendix containing an edition of five pieces for the instrument.

Subjects

• Concertina > England
• Music > England > 19th century > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

• Discography: p. [143]-145.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [146]-153) and index.

Contents

1. An Instrument for All Classes -- 2. Wheatstone's English Concertina: The Standard Instrument at Mid-Century -- 3. Charles Wheatstone Invents the Concertina -- 4. Two Performance-Related Problems -- 5. The Concertina on the Concert-Platform: Players - Repertoire - Reception -- 6. Notes on the Music in the Edition -- Edition: No. 1. Joseph Warren, Grand Fantasia on 'Deh! con te' -- Edition: No. 2. Richard Manning Blagrove, Morceaux -- Edition: No. 3. George Alexander Macfarren, Romance -- Edition: No. 4. Giulio Regondi, Serenade -- Edition: No. 5. John Charles Ward, Menuet and Trio, Op. 19.

ISBN

0198165803

LCCN

96013333

OCLC

• 34412596
• ocm34412596

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries