Background
Musgrave, Michael G. was born on August 26, 1942 in London. Came to the United States, 1997. Son of Albert Henry and Phillis Mary Musgrave.
(The German Requiem is Brahms' largest work, written for o...)
The German Requiem is Brahms' largest work, written for orchestra, chorus and two soloists. It made Brahms an international name, and the scope and technique of the composition brought him not only a new audience but also comparison with Bach and Beethoven. In the past fifty years it has found new critical support as an original and progressive work. This detailed study examines its history and controversial reception, analyzes its textual and musical structure, and discusses performing traditions from Brahms' time until the present.
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(Though it was never designed to accommodate musical perfo...)
Though it was never designed to accommodate musical performance, the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, opened in 1854, quickly established itself as the most important single location for public music-making in the United Kingdom. For almost fifty years the orchestral concerts and choral festivals provided weekly performances which set new standards and introduced new repertory unparalleled anywhere in its time. Since its spectacular destruction by fire in 1936, the once familiar patterns of music-making have been long forgotten. This is the first book to reconstruct the musical history of the Crystal Palace. In so doing, Michael Musgrave also offers a unique survey of British musical life stretching from the Victorian period to the eve of the Second World War. Fully illustrated and with valuable catalogues of performers and repertoire, the book will be of interest to students and scholars of nineteenth- and twentieth-century music, British social history, and architecture, as well as to the general music enthusiast.
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Musgrave, Michael G. was born on August 26, 1942 in London. Came to the United States, 1997. Son of Albert Henry and Phillis Mary Musgrave.
Graduate diploma, Royal Schools of Music, 1963. Certified music teacher, University London, 1964. Bachelor of Music with 1st class honors, University London, 1973.
Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1980.
Director music Eltham Hill School, London, 1964-1974. Lecturer in music University London, 1974-1980, principal lecturer, 1980-1989, reader in music, 1989-1994, professor music, 1994-1998, professor emeritus, since 1998. Visiting research fellow Royal College Music, since 1998.
Academy advisory council Manhattan School Music, New York City, 1999.
(Though it was never designed to accommodate musical perfo...)
(The German Requiem is Brahms' largest work, written for o...)
Fellow Royal College Organists, Royal Society Arts, Royal College Music (honorary). Member Royal College Music (associate), Trägerverein, Johannes Brahms Gesamtausgabe.
Married Celia Helen Terrington, July 31, 1965 (divorced March 1983). Children: Stephen Michael, Jonathan Mark. Married Janie Elizabeth Bailey.