Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Academy of Ancient Music: Foundation and Early Years
- 2 Benjamin Cooke: Upbringing, Education and Career
- 3 Cooke and the Academy of Ancient Music, 1752–84
- 4 Musical Discovery in the Age of Enlightenment: History, Theory and the Academy of Ancient Music
- 5 Musical Conjectures (1769)
- 6 Cooke’s Part Songs and Orchestral Anthems
- 7 The Morning Hymn and Collins’s Ode
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1 Letter to David Perez in Lisbon, 1774
- Appendix 2 Musical Conjectures: ‘Instances of Expression by Use of the Common Scale’
- Appendix 3 The Cooke Collection: A Brief Description
- List of Cooke’s Works
- Bibliography and Suggested Reading
- Index
- Music in Britain, 1600–2000
List of Illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2023
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Academy of Ancient Music: Foundation and Early Years
- 2 Benjamin Cooke: Upbringing, Education and Career
- 3 Cooke and the Academy of Ancient Music, 1752–84
- 4 Musical Discovery in the Age of Enlightenment: History, Theory and the Academy of Ancient Music
- 5 Musical Conjectures (1769)
- 6 Cooke’s Part Songs and Orchestral Anthems
- 7 The Morning Hymn and Collins’s Ode
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1 Letter to David Perez in Lisbon, 1774
- Appendix 2 Musical Conjectures: ‘Instances of Expression by Use of the Common Scale’
- Appendix 3 The Cooke Collection: A Brief Description
- List of Cooke’s Works
- Bibliography and Suggested Reading
- Index
- Music in Britain, 1600–2000
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- The Advancement of Music in Enlightenment EnglandBenjamin Cooke and the Academy of Ancient Music, pp. viii - xPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014