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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Avison and Stanley (1709-1770 and 1712-1786)

Composer of the Week: Avison and Stanley (1709-1770 and 1712-1786): Episode 2: Avison and a Succession of Disputes

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Episode 2: Avison and a Succession of Disputes

Avison and Stanley (1709-1770 and 1712-1786)

Avison and a Succession of Disputes

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Avison and Stanley (1709-1770 and 1712-1786), Avison and a Succession of Disputes

Donald Macleod focuses on the various musical disputes involving Charles Avison.

Conductor and composer Charles Avison seemed to have quite a talent for annoying eighteenth century Tynesiders. In 1752 he had the cheek to publish his thoughts on music in his Essay on Musical Expression. This partly consisted of criticising Handel and even Vivaldi for being "defective in various Harmony". His detractors aired their opinions in the newspapers and there was quite a to-do. A few years later, Avison was forced to offer to resign after a fuss over the transferability of tickets for his series of concerts. Nobody volunteered to take over, so he managed to hang on to his job - just - amid further rumblings in the press ...

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Donald Macleod explores the lives and music of Charles Avison and John Stanley

Donald Macleod explores the lives and music of two composers who were 18th-century contemporaries but worked at opposite ends of the country: Charles Avison in Newcastle and John Stanley in London

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