Table of Contents

Introduction
On the State of Music in English Private Society and the General Prospects of Music in the Future
On the Visits of Illustrious Foreign Musicians to England
On the Vocal Music of England
On the General Prospects of Music in England
[Dramatic Music] [Early Forms of Opera] On the Music for the Theatre by Belgian Composers
On the Music for the Theatre Composed by Natives of Italy
On the Music for the Theatre Composed by Natives of France
On the Music for the Theatre Composed by Natives of Germany
Music of the Present Time
Fashions in Music
Bach and Handel
Mozart
Appendix: Music for the Sheffield Lectures
Bibliography
Index

Reviews

A masterful achievement...deserves to be read...as a model of editorial method...greatly enriching our understanding of British musical culture.
*MUSIC & LETTERS*

A fine edition...valuable both as an indication of the current state of musical knowledge in the Victorian era, and for [Bennett's] comments on the contemporary musical scene.
*MUSICAL TIMES*

Adds considerable substance and potency to [claims that]...Bennett laid the foundations of the 'English musical renaissance...Eminently readable, elegantly presented and scrupulously scholarly.
*AD PARNASSUM*

Well-produced and meticulously researched...well worth seeking out for the information and insight it contains about a period of musical and social history increasingly remote from us today.
*BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY NEWS*