Vincent Novello (1781–1861)
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Author_Fiona M. Palmer
Bavarian Chapel
Birmingham Music Festival
British music history
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chapel
choral society development
Christian Ignatius Latrobe
Craven Hill
embassy
Embassy Chapels
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fields
Hanover Square Rooms
hunt
Infant's Prayer
Infant’s Prayer
inn
James Street
leigh
Leigh Hunt
lincolns
Mary Sabilla
Mozart's Requiem
mozarts
Mozart’s Requiem
music education Britain
music publishing industry
Musical Antiquarian Society
nineteenth-century musicians
Novello's Editions
Novello's Publications
Novello’s Editions
Novello’s Publications
Philharmonic Society
Philharmonic Society Concert
portuguese
Portuguese Embassy
Portuguese Embassy Chapel
Purcell's Te Deum
Purcell’s Te Deum
Qui Tollis
religious music London
requiem
Samuel Webbe
social networks in Victorian music
Tantum Ergo
Thunder Storms
Treble Clef
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138277977
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Today Vincent Novello (1781-1861) is remembered as the father of the music-publishing firm. Fiona Palmer's evaluation of Novello the man and the musician in the marketplace draws on rich primary sources. It is the first to provide a rounded view of his life and work, and the nature of his importance both in his own time and to posterity. Novello's early musical training, particularly his experience of music-making in London's embassy chapels, influenced him profoundly. His practical experience as director of music at the Portuguese Embassy Chapel in Mayfair informed his approach to editing and arranging. Fundamental moral and social attitudes underpinned Novello's progress. Ideas on religion, education and the function of family and friendship within society shaped his life choices. The Novello family lived in turbulent times and was widely-read, discussing politics and religion and not only the arts at its social gatherings. Within Vincent and Mary Novello's close circle were radical thinkers with republican views - such as Leigh Hunt and Charles Cowden Clarke - who saw sociability as a means of reorganizing society. Thematic studies focus on Novello as practical musician and educator, as editor, and as composer. His connections with institutions such as the Covent Garden and Pantheon Theatres, the Philharmonic Society and Moorfields Chapel, together with his adjudicating and teaching activities, are examined. In his wide-ranging editorial work Novello found his true vocation positioning himself as preservationist, pioneer and philanthropist. His work as composer, though unremarkable in quality, mirrored the demands and expectations of his consumers. Novello emerges from this study as a visionary who single-mindedly pursued greater musical knowledge for the benefit of everyone.
