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Bunting's Messiah

Roy Johnston

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Description:There was no greater representative of the intense interest in Irish culture in Belfast in the decade before the 1798 Rebellion than Edward Bunting. Born in 1773 in Armagh, he showed early musical talent. He moved to Belfast via Drogheda at the age of 11 as apprentice to William Ware, the first organist of St Anne's parish church. His interest was captured by the famous 1792 Belfast Harp festival, at which he transcribed the airs. His fame rests on his three pioneering volumes of what he called the "ancient music of Ireland," collected during tours of the countryside where the traditional music was kept alive by singers, pipers and fiddlers, as well as harpers. Less well known is his career as organist, piano soloist, and promoter of concerts. His musical energies culminated in Belfast with the four-day sacred-and-secular music festival which he organised in 1813, at which the first near-complete performance of Handel's Messiah was given. This is a long-overdue account of Bunting's considerable contribution to the musical life of the Belfast of his day, reconstructed from existing sources and new research into contemporary documents.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bunting's Messiah. To get started finding Bunting's Messiah, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 143

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation

Release: 2003

ISBN: 0953960463

Description: There was no greater representative of the intense interest in Irish culture in Belfast in the decade before the 1798 Rebellion than Edward Bunting. Born in 1773 in Armagh, he showed early musical talent. He moved to Belfast via Drogheda at the age of 11 as apprentice to William Ware, the first organist of St Anne's parish church. His interest was captured by the famous 1792 Belfast Harp festival, at which he transcribed the airs. His fame rests on his three pioneering volumes of what he called the "ancient music of Ireland," collected during tours of the countryside where the traditional music was kept alive by singers, pipers and fiddlers, as well as harpers. Less well known is his career as organist, piano soloist, and promoter of concerts. His musical energies culminated in Belfast with the four-day sacred-and-secular music festival which he organised in 1813, at which the first near-complete performance of Handel's Messiah was given. This is a long-overdue account of Bunting's considerable contribution to the musical life of the Belfast of his day, reconstructed from existing sources and new research into contemporary documents.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bunting's Messiah. To get started finding Bunting's Messiah, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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