The decline of the English musician, 1788-1888 : a family of English musicians in Ireland, England, Mauritius, and Australia / A.V. Beedell
1992, First Edition. Oxford New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #394355
ISBN: 0198162944
Physical description; xv, 329 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-320) and index. Contents; Introduction -- Ireland, 1788-1792 -- England : the land without music -- William and Susannah -- A professional man, 1814-1826 -- "A nest of butterfly's", 1827-1830 -- The speculative voyagers : Mauritius and Australia, 1831-1839 -- Epilogue, 1839-1888. Subjects; Castell, William Joseph 1789-1839. Castell family. Music Great Britain 19th century History and criticism. Music Social aspects. Musicians Great Britain ; Biography.
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