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The Power of Pastiche: Musical Miscellany and the Cultural Identity in Early Eighteenth-Century England

The Power of Pastiche: Musical Miscellany and the Cultural Identity in Early Eighteenth-Century England

Desimone, Alison

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Series: Clemson University Press: Studies in British Musical Cultures

Music Reference

ISBN10: 1638041784
ISBN13: 9781638041788
Publisher: Clemson University Press W/ Lup
Published: Jun 3 2025
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In eighteenth-century England, variety became a prized aesthetic in musical culture. Not only was variety--of counterpoint, harmony, melody, and orchestration--expected for good composition, but it also manifested in cultural mediums such as songbook anthologies, which compiled miscellaneous songs and styles in single volumes; pasticcio operas, which were cobbled together from excerpts from other operas; and public concerts, which offered a hodgepodge assortment of different types and styles of performance. I call this trend of producing music through the collection, assemblage, and juxtaposition of various smaller pieces as musical miscellany; like a jigsaw puzzle (also invented in the eighteenth century), the urge to construct a whole out of smaller, different parts reflected a growing desire to appeal to a quickly diversifying England.

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