Author: R. J. CharletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
A History of Newcastle-upon-Tyne from Its Earliest Records to Its Formation as a City
Author: R. J. CharletonA History of Newcastle-on-Tyne
Author: Robert J. CharletonA History of Newcastle-on-Tyne
Author: Robert John CharletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
A History of Newcastle-on-Tyne from the Earliest Records to Its Formation as a City
Author: Robert John CharletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
History of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Author: Robert J. CharletonHistory of Newcastle Upon Tyne, from the Early Records to Its Formation as a City in 1882
Author: R J. CharletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Newcastle Upon Tyne
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Charleton's History of Newcastle Upon Tyne, from the Earliest Records to Its Formation as a City in 1882
Author: Robert John CharletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
William Armstrong
Author: Henrietta HealdPublisher: McNidder and Grace Limited
ISBN: 0857160354
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
William Armstrong was a brilliant and charismatic figure of the 19th Century – a self-made man whose achievements are now being more widely recognised. Inventor, scientist, engineer, and an early advocator of renewable energy, he built a pioneering house in Northumberland in the North East of England called Cragside, the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity. Armstrong's industrial powerhouse Elswick Works on the Tyne employed over 25,000 people in its heyday manufacturing hydraulic cranes, warships and armaments. He was a visionary who was loved, and hated, and feared in equal measure. While he brought great fame and fortune to his native Newcastle upon Tyne, and to his country as a whole, he was condemned in some quarters as 'a merchant of death' for his manufacturing of weapons of war. 'This intimate, authoritative portrait reveals as never before the extraordinary achievements of a multi-faceted Victorian giant.' David Kynaston 'An excellent book – hugely enjoyable.' Alexander Armstrong
Meeting Places: Scientific Congresses and Urban Identity in Victorian Britain
Author: Louise MiskellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131709798X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
The promotion of knowledge was a major preoccupation of the Victorian era and, beginning in 1831 with the establishment of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, a number of national bodies were founded which used annual, week-long meetings held each year in a different town or city as their main tool of knowledge dissemination. Historians have long recognised the power of 'cultural capital' in the competitive climate of the mid-Victorian years, as towns raced to equip themselves with libraries, newspapers, 'Lit. and Phil.' societies and reading rooms, but the staging of the great annual knowledge festivals of the period have not previously been considered in this context. The four national associations studied are the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS), the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (NAPSS), the Royal Archaeological Institute (RAI) and the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE), who held annual meetings in 62 different provincial towns and cities from 1831 to 1884. In this book it is contended that these meetings were as important as royal visits and major civic ceremonies in providing towns with an opportunity to promote their own status and identity. By deploying a wealth of primary source material, much of which has not been previously utilised by urban historians, this book offers a new and genuinely Britain-wide perspective on a period when comparison and competition with neighbouring places was a constant preoccupation of town leaders.
Music-Making in North-East England during the Eighteenth Century
Author: Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351556770
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The north-east of England in the eighteenth century was a region where many different kinds of musical activity thrived and where a wide range of documentation survives. Such activities included concert-giving, teaching, tuning and composition, as well as music in the theatre and in church. Dr Roz Southey examines the impulses behind such activities and the meanings that local people found inherent in them. It is evident that music could be perceived or utilized for extremely diverse purposes; as entertainment, as a learned art, as an aid to piety, as a profession, a social facilitator and a support to patriotism and nationalism. Musical societies were established throughout the century, and Southey illustrates the social make-up of the members, as well as the role of Gentlemen Amateurs in the organizing of concerts, and the connections with London and other centres. The book draws upon a rich selection of source material, including local newspapers, council and ecclesiastical records, private papers and diaries and accounts of local tradesman, as well as surviving examples of music composed in the area by Charles Avison, Thomas Ebdon and John Garth of Durham, amongst many others. Charles Avison's importance is focused upon particularly, and his Essay on Musical Expression is considered alongside other contemporary writings of lesser fame. Southey provides a fascinating insight into the type and social class of audiences and their influence on the repertoire performed. The book moves from a consideration of music being used as a 'fashion item', evidenced by the patronage of 'big name' soloists from London and abroad, to fiddlers, ballad singers, music at weddings, funerals, public celebrations, and music for marking the events of the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars. It can be seen, therefore, that the north east was an area of important musical activity, and that the music was always interwoven into the political, economic, religious and commercial fabric of eighteenth-century life.