My Musical Life

By Hugh Reginald Haweis and REV H R Haweis

Book Overview

Hugh Reginald Haweis (1838-1901) was a clergyman and writer. Published in 1884, this memoir deals with one of his great interests: music. He was a proficient violinist, and his musical writings included books on church bell-ringing, violins, and the best-selling Music and Morals (also reissued in this series), which had reached its sixteenth edition by his death. As curate of St James, Westmoreland Street, he used musical events as a way of turning an empty church into a fashionable one. He acted as music critic for Truth and the Pall Mall Gazette, in addition to lecturing and writing on religious subjects. The book recounts a lifetime of making and enjoying music, and conveys Haweis' emotional response to music from an early age. It is a record of nineteenth-century musical performances and changing tastes, which also demonstrates Haweis' belief in the reforming influence of music on morals and society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108038654
• ISBN13: 9781108038652
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"