Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Music Criticism
- The Cambridge History of Music
- The Cambridge History of Music Criticism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Music Examples, Figures and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The Early History of Music Criticism
- Part II The Rise of the Press
- 7 French Music Criticism in the Nineteenth Century, 1789–1870
- 8 Gatekeeping, Advocacy, Reflection: Overlapping Voices in Nineteenth-Century British Music Criticism
- 9 Constructing a Musical Nation: German-Language Criticism in the Nineteenth Century
- 10 Music Criticism in Nineteenth-Century Italy
- 11 Music Criticism in Imperial Russia
- Part III Critical Influence and Influences
- Part IV Entering the Twentieth Century
- Part V New Areas
- Part VI Developments since the Second World War
- Postlude
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Gatekeeping, Advocacy, Reflection: Overlapping Voices in Nineteenth-Century British Music Criticism
from Part II - The Rise of the Press
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2019
- The Cambridge History of Music Criticism
- The Cambridge History of Music
- The Cambridge History of Music Criticism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Music Examples, Figures and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The Early History of Music Criticism
- Part II The Rise of the Press
- 7 French Music Criticism in the Nineteenth Century, 1789–1870
- 8 Gatekeeping, Advocacy, Reflection: Overlapping Voices in Nineteenth-Century British Music Criticism
- 9 Constructing a Musical Nation: German-Language Criticism in the Nineteenth Century
- 10 Music Criticism in Nineteenth-Century Italy
- 11 Music Criticism in Imperial Russia
- Part III Critical Influence and Influences
- Part IV Entering the Twentieth Century
- Part V New Areas
- Part VI Developments since the Second World War
- Postlude
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A basic tool for investigating nineteenth-century British journalism, including music criticism, has long been The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800–1900, issued in 1976. Among the 50,000 entries of its updated series 2 (2003) are more than 200 music titles. Most of those originated in London and had brief lives. They touch every conceivable topic from church music to Wagner, madrigals to music hall, string technique to theories of history. Add the several thousand literary magazines, art and theatre papers, and daily and weekly newspapers that carried essays, review articles and other music-evaluative discussion, and the bulk of British music criticism grows exponentially.
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- The Cambridge History of Music Criticism , pp. 147 - 169Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019