Boydell, Brian

Rotunda music in eighteenth-century Dublin / Brian Boydell. - 240 pages : illustrations, facsimile, portrait ; 24 cm

Bibliography: (pages 209-210) and indexes.

Introduction and the laying of plans for the future, 1745-49 -- Uncertainties and rivalry, 1750-58 -- The sirens -- Male singers, boys and Italians -- A decade of consolidation and the building of the Rotunda, 1759-68 -- Six years of expansion, 1769-75 -- The peak of popularity with Thomas Pinto, 1776-82 -- Final years of decline, 1783-91 -- Music performed at the Rotunda concerts: changes in musical taste.

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Concerts--History--Ireland--Dublin--18th century
Music--History and criticism--Ireland

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