Instrumental Teaching in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Contents

• Music in Britain: a social and cultural context: The consumer society
• The musician's lot
• Music and the moral dimension: 'damned if you do, damned if you don't'
• Musical appreciation
• 'Artistic awakening' or 'damnable flood'? The popularity of music and the spread of opportunity
• Music education and 'the age of improvement': The legacy of the 18th century
• The battle of the sexes
• Theory or practice
• science or art?
• Vocal and instrumental
• Conservatism and innovation
• The 19th century
• State laissez-faire and the status quo
• Private enterprise and philanthropic zeal
• The 'tabooed' art
• New horizons
• The 'flood' and popular music education
• Instrumental teaching: Instruction methods
• Apprenticeships
• Self-instruction and private tuition
• Institutions and group tuition
• Styles and personalities
• Native and foreign
• 'Good taste'
• Sources: general trends
• The vocal model
• The violin family: Violinists in Britain
• The violin and bow
• Violin technique
• The violin: stigma and solace
• The viola, violencello and double bass
• Other intruments: Keyboard
• Wind
• Brass
• Plucked strings and miscellaneous
• Institutions: Prior to c.1850
• Conservatories
• Schools
• Other
• c.1850-c.1900
• Conservatories
• Schools
• Other
• Conclusion: realized potential and stifled ambition
• Chronology of principal British instrumental treatises 1780-1900
• Appendix
• Chronology of 19th-century British music education.