10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROMENADE CONCERTS»
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Promenade Concerts in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Promenade Concerts and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Another prestige venue for promenade concerts was Ranelagh Gardens (1742-
1803). Here both musicians and audience were under cover in a gigantic
Georgian rotunda which can be seen in a painting of Canaletto in the National
Gallery.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Music
Promenade Concerts Literally, concerts at which the audience can walk about,
but in modern usage concerts at which a section of the audience stands. First
Eng. promenade concerts were held in London 1838 under title 'Promenade ...
Michael Kennedy, Tim Rutherford-Johnson, Joyce Kennedy, 2012
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Sounds of the Metropolis : The 19th Century Popular Music ...
Dance music—especially waltzes, polkas, and quadrilles17—played an
important role, and not just in Vienna, which had more promenade concerts than
other cities. Promenade concerts had a petit bourgeois character, catering to a
taste ...
Derek B. Scott Chair of Music University of Salford, 2008
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A History of the Trombone
In 1833, he instituted a widely imitated series of informal concerts he called
promenade concerts. In the previous century that was the name of concerts at
which aristocrats prom~ enaded in fashionable parks, but Musard's concerts
were ...
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On Mahler and Britten: Essays in Honour of Donald Mitchell ...
4: Henry J. Wood Promenade Concerts (26 August 1991). Symphony No. 5:
Henry J. Wood Promenade Concerts (20 August 1991); reprinted for same series
9 May 1993; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon 427
...
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Malcolm Arnold: A Bio-bibliography
Rayment, M. "Promenade Concerts." Musical Times, 94 (September 1953), p.422
. Reflections on the 1953 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts when Arnold's
Concerto for Piano Duet and Strings was first performed SEE: W25 B319.
Rayment ...
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The Life and Music of Eric Coates
The season of summer Promenade Concerts gave me my first sample of real
orchestral high-jinks. Ten weeks of nightly three-hour symphony concerts, with
three rehearsals a week (and Sunday afternoon concerts thrown in for good
measure) ...
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Rosa Newmarch and Russian Music in Late Nineteenth and Early ...
Writing again about the early Promenade concerts, Newmarch suggested that: '
The appreciation of Russian music was perhaps the most distinguishing feature
of this time.'180 In the context of turn-of-the-century music appreciation, the ...
Philip Ross Bullock, 2009
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Francis Johnson (1792-1844): Chronicle of a Black Musician ...
The kinship with "Summer Garden Concerts," according to Adam Carse, "may be
found in the fact that Musard's 'Promenade Concerts' at Paris were called '
Concerts d'Ete' when held in garden resorts during the summer months, and
became ...
Charles Kelley Jones, 2006
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Repercussions, 1857-1862
... Antonio, Italian* singing teacher pupils of, 208 Baker, Thomas, English*
conductor/Julhen's former concertmaster benefit concert, 539 as conductor at
Academy of Music promenade concerts, 138n at Cremorne Gardens promenade
concerts, ...
Vera Brodsky Lawrence, 1999
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROMENADE CONCERTS»
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Promenade Concerts is used in the context of the following news items.
Bristol music review: Goldie and the Heritage Orchestra
... or so on composed his first orchestral and choral score, which was performed at two children's Promenade concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. «Guide2Bristol.com, Jul 15»
BBC hosts first Bollywood Proms show
The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, or BBC Proms as they are commonly known in the UK, were launched in 1895 and are a highlight of ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
Letters: Councils turn high streets into deserts through greedy …
SIR – The opening night concert of the 120th season of Promenade Concerts on Friday at the Royal Albert Hall was broadcast on BBC2, Radio ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
What's on in Ivanhoe & Valley
The Proms, more formally known as the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is a proud tradition in the Royal Albert Hall in London going ... «The Weekly Review, Jun 15»
Pomp and circumstance abound in Vancouver Symphony's annual …
The actual Proms — The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, if you want a formal introduction — were established by Sir ... «Vancouver Sun, May 15»
PRO SOUND AWARDS 2015: Last year's broadcast audio winners
An icon of the British summer, the Proms – more formally the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts – was first held in 1895 and has continued to ... «PSNEurope, May 15»
The Musicians of Orchestra London continue to play on at venues …
... the orchestra performed a selection of classics drawn from the long-standing traditions associated with the British Promenade Concerts. «London Community News, Apr 15»
Renowned Tunbridge Wells musician and drama buff Roy Douglas …
It was quite frightening, and of course I played with dear old Sir Henry Wood at the Promenade Concerts." Mr Douglas composed and ... «Kent and Sussex Courier, Mar 15»
Tributes paid to one of Britain's most distinguished musicians, Roy …
Mr Douglas also took part in, and became the librarian for the last season of the Promenade Concerts at the Queens Hall in 1940, and the first ... «Kent News, Mar 15»
Civilisation is just a very thin veneer, says ANN WIDDECOMBE
Underneath its art and literature, its promenade concerts and fine dining, its science and medicine, too much of Britain is no more civilised than ... «Express.co.uk, Mar 15»
