First Published in 1996. William and Philip Hayes, father and son, between them occupied the Heather Chair of Music at the University of Oxford for over half a

The years 1676 and 1774 marked two turning points in the social and legal treatment of madness in England. In 1676, London’s Bethlehem Hospital expanded in gr

When we speak of “classical music” it often refers rather loosely to serious “art” music but at the core is really the music of the classical period run

This book investigates the ways large-scale music was directed or conducted in Britain before baton conducting took hold in the 1830s. After surveying practice

Taylor questions the widely held belief that the turn of the nineteenth century marked a 'dark age' of musical performance.