The Journals and Letters of Susan Burney: Music and Society in Late Eighteenth-Century England

by Philip Olleson

Susan Burney (1755-1800) was the third daughter of the music historian Charles Burney and the younger sister of the novelist Frances (Fanny) Burney. She grew up in London, where she was able to observe at close quarters the musical life of the capital and to meet the many musicians, men of letters, and artists who visited the family home. After her marriage in 1782 to Molesworth Phillips, a Royal Marines officer who served with Captain Cook on his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113824869X
• ISBN13: 9781138248694
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"