Editorial Reviews
Library Journal (starred review)
"[A] lavishly illustrated...vade mecum about the city's rich musical heritage...."
Book Description
This compact and convenient guide to music in London features the sites where music has flourished and where leading musicians have lived or performed in the city—from Handel’s house to Berlioz’s rooms, from cathedrals and churches to recording studios and concert halls. It provides historical information on auditoriums and opera houses, theatres, conservatories, museums, libraries, galleries, graves, memorials and statues, orchestras, music publishers, auction houses, and places of musical interest in the greater London area. The book includes biographical accounts of some 125 composers and musicians who inhabited or visited London.
London : A Musical Gazetteer,Lewis Foreman,Susan Foreman,Yale University Press,0300104022,England,Europe - Gt. Britain/London,Genres & Styles - International,Guidebooks,History & Criticism - General,London,Museums, Tours, Points of Interest,Music,Musical landmarks,Reference,Travel - Foreign,Composers & musicians,London, Greater London,Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides,Music / General
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