{"product_id":"the-letters-of-dr-charles-lorna-j-clark-9780198749486","title":"The Letters of Dr Charles Burney: Volume II: 1785-1793","description":"This second volume of the letters of Dr Charles Burney follows directly from the first, published in 1991, and contains roughly two hundred letters written between 1785 and 1793. In these years, Burney consolidated his reputation as a musicologist, publishing his account of the \u003cem\u003eCommemoration of Handel\u003c\/em\u003e (1785) and completing \u003cem\u003eA General History of Music\u003c\/em\u003e (1789). Continuing to teach, he had a busy schedule, filled with dinners, assemblies, and concerts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring these years, Burney moved from St Martin's Street to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, where he held the post of organist. He remained active in musical circles, helping to promote foreign musicians and young performers. He welcomed Josef Haydn to London in 1791. As a proprietor of the Pantheon, which burned down in 1792, Burney noted competing efforts to establish a new opera house. He helped organize the musical band taken on Lord Macartney's embassy to China in 1792. Seeking materials for his research, Burney borrowed manuscripts from George III and corresponded with colleagues in England and abroad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBurney also discussed literary subjects and contributed to the \u003cem\u003eMonthly Review\u003c\/em\u003e. A friend of Horace Walpole, he socialized with the Bluestockings. He was a frequent attender at the Literary Club and supplied Boswell with anecdotes of Johnson. Burney writes movingly of the passing of the artist, Sir Joshua Reynolds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving married twice, Burney kept in touch with a large family and visited his daughters in Mickleham, Surrey, and Aylmer, Norfolk. He tried to help his son, Charles Burney Jr, restore his reputation (after the disgrace of expulsion from Cambridge) and supported his daughter, Frances, on accepting--and then resigning from--a position in the Queen's Household. Initially alarmed when she married a penniless French ?migr?, he soon began to lobby on behalf of French ?migr? priests and enlisted Frances to pen a pamphlet for the cause. While holding strong views himself, Burney kept friends on both sides of the political divide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBurney was closely engaged with the musical, literary, scientific, and political circles of his day. Informative and entertaining, his letters add considerably to our knowledge of the man and the age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lorna J. Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198749481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198749486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Lorna J. Clark","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46867260211455,"sku":"9780198749486","price":270.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a95b0fc8-8f68-44dc-87c4-50ab68607c66.jpg?v=1747454313","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-letters-of-dr-charles-lorna-j-clark-9780198749486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}