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The Overtures of Samuel Wesley

Born into one of the most distinguished families in eighteenth-century England, Samuel Wesley (1766-1837) distinguished himself as a child prodigy, an ardent devotee of the music of J. S. Bach, and as a composer, performer and music lecturer. His four extant overtures, written from the year 1778 to 1824, offer an insight into his development as a composer. This edition, drawn from the Wesley manuscripts housed in the British Library, is preceded by a commentary dealing with Wesley's life, the history of the overture as an independent for, and with Wesley's place in the history of English instrumental music.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc935807
Date05 1900
CreatorsWalker, Jeremy
ContributorsAdkins, Cecil, Collins, Michael
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 63 p., score (p. 65-309), Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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