Ian Woodfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 411729 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Woodfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Woodfield |
| SIGNATURE | WOODFIELD I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Songs My Mother Taught Me: New Light on James Macpherson’s Ossian
With the publication in 1762 of Fingal, the ancient epic poem James Macpherson claimed to have reconstructed from Erse sources, scholarly warfare broke out. The hitherto unassailable Irish bard Oisín was unexpectedly confronted with a rival Scottish claimant to the authorship of the Fionn Mac Cumhaill saga: Ossian. A consensus quickly emerged among outraged Irish antiquarians that Macpherson was a very clever fraudster who had ‘usurped the Fenian…
Che soave zeffiretto’ and the Structure of Act 3 of Le nozze di Figaro
‘Che soave zeffiretto’, the letter duettino sung by the Countess and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro , has achieved iconic status as a perfect example of the transcendental beauty of Mozart's music. An examination of the extant sources suggests that the composer and his librettist regarded it as a key moment in the opera: the crux of a developing relationship between the two women. A late change of plan over its location led to a reconfiguration of…
Fireworks and Wind Bands in 1780s Vienna: A Context for Mozart’s ‘Nacht Musique’
This article examines the association between Harmoniemusik and firework displays during the reign of Joseph II. On three occasions during the 1780s, Vienna’s leading pyrotechnic impresario, Johann Stuwer, chose an opera as his theme: Gluck’s Orfeo (1781); Gretry’s Zemire und Azor (1787); and Martín y Soler’s L’arbore di Diana (1789). Each presentation was accompanied by popular airs from the featured work, played by a wind band. Musicians were a…
Mozart Studies 2
The trouble with Cherubino …
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Christian Gottlob Neefe and the Bonn National Theatre, with New Light on the Beethoven Family
When the Bonn stage was closed after the death of Elector Max Friedrich in 1784, the director of its theatre company, Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann, decided to leave the city to further his career elsewhere in the Rhinelands. During the next few years, he was kept informed about developments in Bonn by two of his erstwhile colleagues, Christian Gottlob Neefe and Nikolaus Simrock, whose correspondence paints a vivid picture of musical life in …
Life after Death: The Viola da Gamba in Britain from Purcell to Dolmetsch. By Peter Holman
Strikingly titled, Life after Death traces the history of the viol in England following its presumed demise in the late seventeenth century. Once the Golden Age of the Jacobean and Carolingian consort repertories had come to an end, the new fashion was for the sprightly Restoration violin. It was evident that the bass member of the family would still be useful for continuo work, but as an ensemble instrument the English viol appeared for all prac…
The Evolution of Ethnomusicology
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Mozart's 'Jupiter: A Symphony of Light
Music of the Raj: A Social and Economic History of Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Anglo-Indian Society
Preface Introduction 1. Supplying the market 2. Professional musicians in India 3. The woman amateur 4. The male dilettante 5. The encounter with Indian music 6. The return to England Appendices Sources Bibliography Index
Jones, Sir William (ii)
Viol
Williamson, T(homas) G(eorge)
John Bland: London retailer of the music of Haydn and Mozart
Music of the Raj: A Social and Economic History of Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Anglo-Indian Society
Ian Woodfield's "Music of the Raj: A Social and Economic History of Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Anglo-Indian Society" explores the vibrant musical landscape of British India in the late 18th century. Drawing upon a rich collection of unpublished correspondence from interconnected families deeply engaged in music, the book offers a unique perspective on the era's musical practices and their social context. Woodfield examines the transition fr…
New Light on the Mozarts' London Visit: A Private Concert With Manzuoli
Journal Article NEW LIGHT ON THE MOZARTS' LONDON VISIT: A PRIVATE CONCERT WITH MANZUOLI Get access IAN WOODFIELD IAN WOODFIELD Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume 76, Issue 2, May 1995, Pages 187–208, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/76.2.187 Published: 01 May 1995
"Music of Forty Several Parts": A Song for the Creation of Princes
Examines the performance circumstances surrounding an early 17th-c. English adaptation of Thomas Tallis's 40-part motet, Spem in alium nunquam habui (Sing and glorify heaven's high majesty), for two investiture ceremonies in 1610 and 1616; the purpose of these two particular ceremonies are investigated. The resurrection of the work for the next investiture of the new Prince of Wales is proposed
Haydn Symphonies in Calcutta
HAYDN SYMPHONIES IN CALCUTTA Get access IAN WOODFIELD IAN WOODFIELD School of Music, The Queen's University of BelfastBelfast BT7 INN, Northern Ireland. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume 75, Issue 1, February 1994, Pages 141–143, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/75.1.141 Published: 01 February 1994
The 'Hindostannie Air: English Attempts to Understand Indian Music in the Late Eighteenth Century
A 'hindostannie air' may be defined as a short piece derived from an Indian original but arranged in a European idiom. The genre came to prominence among the English inhabitants of Calcutta during the 1780s and 1790s. A small group of women, reflecting the currently fashionable interest in anything oriental, began to employ professional musicians to 'collect' Indian songs - that is, to notate them as best they could from the performances of leadi…
Collecting Indian songs in late 18th-century Lucknow: Problems of transcription
The vogue for “Hindostannie Airs” (English arrangements of Indian tunes) in the Anglo‐Indian community in Calcutta during the 1780s and 1790s raises interesting questions concerning the process of transcription. How did European musicians (who had little understanding of Indian music) make the arrangements? What part did Indian performers play? Above all, how did the irreconcilable demands of “authenticity” (faithfulness to the Indian originals) …
The Keyboard Recital in Oriental Diplomacy, 1520-1620
The giving of gifts or 'bribes' in return for official favours was an immutable fact of life in oriental society that Europeans who travelled to the East in the service of religious or commercial interests had no choice but to accept. Permission to open a trading station or a mission would rarely be granted unless the request were accompanied by a present of some substance. The initial gift, moreover, would inevitably inspire many demands for sim…
The Early History of the Viol
Music of the Raj: A Social and Economic History of Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Anglo-Indian Society
Ian Woodfield's "Music of the Raj: A Social and Economic History of Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Anglo-Indian Society" explores the vibrant musical landscape of British India in the late 18th century. Drawing upon a rich collection of unpublished correspondence from interconnected families deeply engaged in music, the book offers a unique perspective on the era's musical practices and their social context. Woodfield examines the transition fr…
The 'Hindostannie Air: English Attempts to Understand Indian Music in the Late Eighteenth Century
A 'hindostannie air' may be defined as a short piece derived from an Indian original but arranged in a European idiom. The genre came to prominence among the English inhabitants of Calcutta during the 1780s and 1790s. A small group of women, reflecting the currently fashionable interest in anything oriental, began to employ professional musicians to 'collect' Indian songs - that is, to notate them as best they could from the performances of leadi…
The Keyboard Recital in Oriental Diplomacy, 1520-1620
The giving of gifts or 'bribes' in return for official favours was an immutable fact of life in oriental society that Europeans who travelled to the East in the service of religious or commercial interests had no choice but to accept. Permission to open a trading station or a mission would rarely be granted unless the request were accompanied by a present of some substance. The initial gift, moreover, would inevitably inspire many demands for sim…
The Early History of the Viol
The Keyboard Recital in Oriental Diplomacy, 1520-1620
The giving of gifts or 'bribes' in return for official favours was an immutable fact of life in oriental society that Europeans who travelled to the East in the service of religious or commercial interests had no choice but to accept. Permission to open a trading station or a mission would rarely be granted unless the request were accompanied by a present of some substance. The initial gift, moreover, would inevitably inspire many demands for sim…
"Music of Forty Several Parts": A Song for the Creation of Princes
Examines the performance circumstances surrounding an early 17th-c. English adaptation of Thomas Tallis's 40-part motet, Spem in alium nunquam habui (Sing and glorify heaven's high majesty), for two investiture ceremonies in 1610 and 1616; the purpose of these two particular ceremonies are investigated. The resurrection of the work for the next investiture of the new Prince of Wales is proposed
Haydn Symphonies in Calcutta
HAYDN SYMPHONIES IN CALCUTTA Get access IAN WOODFIELD IAN WOODFIELD School of Music, The Queen's University of BelfastBelfast BT7 INN, Northern Ireland. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume 75, Issue 1, February 1994, Pages 141–143, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/75.1.141 Published: 01 February 1994
The 'Hindostannie Air: English Attempts to Understand Indian Music in the Late Eighteenth Century
A 'hindostannie air' may be defined as a short piece derived from an Indian original but arranged in a European idiom. The genre came to prominence among the English inhabitants of Calcutta during the 1780s and 1790s. A small group of women, reflecting the currently fashionable interest in anything oriental, began to employ professional musicians to 'collect' Indian songs - that is, to notate them as best they could from the performances of leadi…
Collecting Indian songs in late 18th-century Lucknow: Problems of transcription
The vogue for “Hindostannie Airs” (English arrangements of Indian tunes) in the Anglo‐Indian community in Calcutta during the 1780s and 1790s raises interesting questions concerning the process of transcription. How did European musicians (who had little understanding of Indian music) make the arrangements? What part did Indian performers play? Above all, how did the irreconcilable demands of “authenticity” (faithfulness to the Indian originals) …
New Light on the Mozarts' London Visit: A Private Concert With Manzuoli
Journal Article NEW LIGHT ON THE MOZARTS' LONDON VISIT: A PRIVATE CONCERT WITH MANZUOLI Get access IAN WOODFIELD IAN WOODFIELD Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume 76, Issue 2, May 1995, Pages 187–208, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/76.2.187 Published: 01 May 1995
John Bland: London retailer of the music of Haydn and Mozart
Music of the Raj: A Social and Economic History of Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Anglo-Indian Society
Ian Woodfield's "Music of the Raj: A Social and Economic History of Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Anglo-Indian Society" explores the vibrant musical landscape of British India in the late 18th century. Drawing upon a rich collection of unpublished correspondence from interconnected families deeply engaged in music, the book offers a unique perspective on the era's musical practices and their social context. Woodfield examines the transition fr…
Jones, Sir William (ii)
Viol
Williamson, T(homas) G(eorge)
Music of the Raj: A Social and Economic History of Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Anglo-Indian Society
Preface Introduction 1. Supplying the market 2. Professional musicians in India 3. The woman amateur 4. The male dilettante 5. The encounter with Indian music 6. The return to England Appendices Sources Bibliography Index
Mozart's 'Jupiter: A Symphony of Light
The Evolution of Ethnomusicology
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Christian Gottlob Neefe and the Bonn National Theatre, with New Light on the Beethoven Family
When the Bonn stage was closed after the death of Elector Max Friedrich in 1784, the director of its theatre company, Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann, decided to leave the city to further his career elsewhere in the Rhinelands. During the next few years, he was kept informed about developments in Bonn by two of his erstwhile colleagues, Christian Gottlob Neefe and Nikolaus Simrock, whose correspondence paints a vivid picture of musical life in …
Life after Death: The Viola da Gamba in Britain from Purcell to Dolmetsch. By Peter Holman
Strikingly titled, Life after Death traces the history of the viol in England following its presumed demise in the late seventeenth century. Once the Golden Age of the Jacobean and Carolingian consort repertories had come to an end, the new fashion was for the sprightly Restoration violin. It was evident that the bass member of the family would still be useful for continuo work, but as an ensemble instrument the English viol appeared for all prac…
Mozart Studies 2
The trouble with Cherubino …
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Fireworks and Wind Bands in 1780s Vienna: A Context for Mozart’s ‘Nacht Musique’
This article examines the association between Harmoniemusik and firework displays during the reign of Joseph II. On three occasions during the 1780s, Vienna’s leading pyrotechnic impresario, Johann Stuwer, chose an opera as his theme: Gluck’s Orfeo (1781); Gretry’s Zemire und Azor (1787); and Martín y Soler’s L’arbore di Diana (1789). Each presentation was accompanied by popular airs from the featured work, played by a wind band. Musicians were a…
Che soave zeffiretto’ and the Structure of Act 3 of Le nozze di Figaro
‘Che soave zeffiretto’, the letter duettino sung by the Countess and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro , has achieved iconic status as a perfect example of the transcendental beauty of Mozart's music. An examination of the extant sources suggests that the composer and his librettist regarded it as a key moment in the opera: the crux of a developing relationship between the two women. A late change of plan over its location led to a reconfiguration of…
Songs My Mother Taught Me: New Light on James Macpherson’s Ossian
With the publication in 1762 of Fingal, the ancient epic poem James Macpherson claimed to have reconstructed from Erse sources, scholarly warfare broke out. The hitherto unassailable Irish bard Oisín was unexpectedly confronted with a rival Scottish claimant to the authorship of the Fionn Mac Cumhaill saga: Ossian. A consensus quickly emerged among outraged Irish antiquarians that Macpherson was a very clever fraudster who had ‘usurped the Fenian…
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