The Enraged Musician

Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited 2005. Large 8vo. xix, 367 pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Faint toning to page edges. Very clean copy. No ownership marks. Numerous b&w illustrations. 9781840146158 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2005.

Hardback. New. Including more than 70 works of Hogarth as musical references, this book examines the evidence for Hogarth's interest in music and shows how musical details in his works may often be interpreted as part of his satirical weaponry. Illustrated with Hogarth's paintings, it includes indices of Hogarth's instruments and works, and more.

Ashgate Pub Ltd, 2005. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 367 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.25 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. More than 70 works of Hogarth include musical references, and Jeremy Barlow's book is the first full-length work devoted to this aspect of his imagery. The first two chapters examine the evidence for Hogarth's interest in music and the problems of assessing accuracy, realism and symbolic meaning in his musical representations. Subsequent chapters show… Read more about this item

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