Author: Roger NorthPublisher: Kensington, N.S.W. : Unisearch, University of New South Wales
ISBN:
Category : Composition (Music)
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Roger North's Cursory Notes of Musicke (c. 1698-c. 1703)
Author: Roger NorthPublisher: Kensington, N.S.W. : Unisearch, University of New South Wales
ISBN:
Category : Composition (Music)
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Seeking Truth: Roger North's Notes on Newton and Correspondence with Samuel Clarke c.1704-1713
Author: Jamie C. KasslerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317057759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
In the early 1690s Roger North was preparing to remove from London to Rougham, Norfolk, where he planned to continue his search for truth, which for him meant knowledge of nature, including human nature. But this search was interrupted by three events. First, between c.1704 and the early part of 1706, he read Newton’s book on rational (quantitative) mechanics and, afterwards, his book on optics in Clarke’s Latin translation. Second, towards the latter part of 1706, he and Clarke, a Norfolk clergyman, corresponded about matters relating to Newton’s two books, after which Clarke removed to London and the correspondence ceased. Third, in 1712 North received a letter from Clarke, requesting him to read and respond to his new publication on the philosophy of the Godhead. As Kassler details, each of these events presented a number of challenges to North’s values, as well as the way of philosophising he had learned as a student and practitioner of the common law. Because he never made public his responses to the challenges, her book also includes editions of North's notes on reading Newton’s books, as well as what now remains of the 1706 and later correspondence with Clarke. In addition, she presents analyses of some of North’s ’second thoughts’ about the issues raised in the notes and 1706 correspondence and, from an examination of Clarke’s main writings, provides a context for understanding the correspondence relating to the 1712 book.
Roger North's The Musicall Grammarian 1728
Author: Roger NorthPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521024914
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A treatise on musical eloquence in all its branches, first published in 1990.
Roger North's Writings on Music to C. 1703
Author: Janet D. HineMusic Theory in Seventeenth-century England
Author: Rebecca HerissonePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198167006
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Thus, over the course of the seventeenth century, there occurred a complete transformation in almost every aspect of theory: by the 1720s, many of the principles being described bore close relation to those still used today. Nowhere was this metamorphosis clearer than in England where, because of a traditional emphasis on practicality, there was much more willingness to accept and encourage new theoretical ideas than on the continent.
The Honourable Roger North, 1651–1734
Author: Jamie C. KasslerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317028597
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Roger North is known today as a biographer and writer on music, architecture and estate management. Yet his writings, including thousands of pages still in manuscript, also contain critical reflections about intellectual and social changes taking place in England. This feature is little recognised, because North's reputation as an author was formed between 1740 and 1890, when seven of his manuscripts were published in editions that drastically altered his original texts, and when the reception of these works was influenced by 'Whig' criticism. Although some of North's writings were later edited according to more rigorous standards, many critics still utilise the discredited editions and continue to repeat 'Whig' stereotypes of North. Eschewing such stereotypes, Jamie C. Kassler provides the first interpretation of North's philosophy by retrieving what is consistent in his pattern of thought and by analysing some of his practices and purposes as a writer. By these methods, she shows that North, a common lawyer by profession, combined the moral scepticism of Montaigne with the legal philosophy of Coke, Selden and Hale. The result was a sceptical philosophy that accounts for North's critical reflections on the dogmatism of natural-law doctrine, both in its medieval intellectualist version and in its voluntarist reformulation that began with Grotius and was developed by Hobbes, Pufendorf and Locke. Kassler bases her interpretation on a wide range of North's writings, even those in which one might least expect to find a philosophy. In addition, one of his manuscripts, which is edited here for the first time, includes an exposition of his jurisprudence, as well as his attempt to bring England's past into the legal tradition. These features form part of North's broader argument that language, including the language of law, is the invention of humans and a representation of their changing history and habits, an argument that he later extended to musical 'language' in his more finished essay, 'The Musicall Grammarian' (1728).
Notes of Me
Author: Roger NorthPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802044716
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
North (1651-1734) makes lively forays into the worlds of natural philosophy, Christian stoicism, Cartesian science, architecture, music, education, and James II's treatment of the Protestant courtiers.
The Cambridge History of Musical Performance
Author: Colin LawsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316184420
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
Book Description
The intricacies and challenges of musical performance have recently attracted the attention of writers and scholars to a greater extent than ever before. Research into the performer's experience has begun to explore such areas as practice techniques, performance anxiety and memorisation, as well as many other professional issues. Historical performance practice has been the subject of lively debate way beyond academic circles, mirroring its high profile in the recording studio and the concert hall. Reflecting the strong ongoing interest in the role of performers and performance, this History brings together research from leading scholars and historians and, importantly, features contributions from accomplished performers, whose practical experiences give the volume a unique vitality. Moving the focus away from the composers and onto the musicians responsible for bringing the music to life, this History presents a fresh, integrated and innovative perspective on performance history and practice, from the earliest times to today.
Opera and Politics in Queen Anne's Britain, 1705-1714
Author: Thomas McGearyPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783277157
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Explores the political meanings that Italian opera - its composers, agents and institutions - had for audiences in eighteenth-century Britain.
The Works of William Congreve
Author: William CongrevePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198118848
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 799
Book Description
This is the first complete edition of the works of William Congreve (1670-1729), one of Britain's most important literary figures. The texts of the plays, novel, poetry, opera, and letters are presented in original spelling. The editor, D.F. McKenzie, has added his own thorough notes at the end of each volume.