The well-travelled musician : John Sigismond Cousser and musical exchange in Baroque Europe /: John Sigismond Cousser and musical exchange in Baroque Europe. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Samantha Owens.
• Authors: Owens, Samantha
• Contents: John Sigismond Cousser and his Commonplace book -- Hungarian beginnings and the adoption of French musical style -- Kapellmeister at the Wolfenbüttel court and Braunschweig Opera House -- Ariadne to Porus : Cousser's Braunschweig operas -- The incomparable director in Hamburg, Nuremberg, and Augsburg -- Heliconische Musen-Lust : opera at the Württemberg court -- Il paradiso terrestre? : Cousser in London -- Fortune not blind : music for Dublin Castle -- Our concert : a musician at home -- Cousser's "collection of fine musick" and the practicalities of musical exchange -- Appendix 1. Summary of the contents of Cousser's Commonplace book -- Appendix 2. Cousser's address book -- Appendix 3. Cousser's books of cantatas, madrigals, duets, and serenatas -- Appendix 4. Cousser's inventory of ouverture incipits -- Appendix 5. Transcription of Cousser's notes for his 1716 trip to London and the Continent.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 385 pages)
• Subjects: 780.92; Composers -- Biography; Conductors (Music) -- Biography; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians; MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical; MUSIC -- Reference; Musicians; Hungary; Electronic books; Biography; Biographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787441491; 1787441490
• Related ISBNs: 9781783272341; 1783272341
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-351) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.