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

Burney (1755-1800), the daughter of music historian Charles Burney, grew up in London, interacted with the many musicians and artists who visited the family home, and developed a considerable knowledge and enthusiasm for music, especially opera. Olleson (emeritus, historical musicology, U. of Nottingham, UK) explores her writings, finding a wealth of insight and information of interest to social historians of England and Ireland and scholars of women, the family, and music. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Philip Olleson is Emeritus Professor of Historical Musicology in the Department of Music at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has written extensively on the social history of music in England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Among his previous publications are The Letters of Samuel Wesley: Professional and Social Correspondence, 1797-1837 (2001), Samuel Wesley (1766-1837): A Source Book (2001) (with Michael Kassler), and Samuel Wesley: The Man and his Music (2003).