| Art - 1813 - 682 pages
...pounds: his two visits to London procured him a moderate independence, and enabled him to purchase a small house and garden, in one of the suburbs of Vienna, where he passed in tranquil enjoyment the ten last years of 1 ;• lite. Prince E^terhazy, at his death,... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 628 pages
...London, to which he had often been invited. In 1794, he made a second journey thither. He found a most splendid reception, and the university of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of doctor of music. In England, Haydn first became generally known ; he had not enjoyed an extensive reputation in his... | |
| Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 620 pages
...London, to which he had often been invited. In 1794, he mode a second journey thither. Ho found a most splendid reception, and the university of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of doctor of music. In England, Haydn first became generally 'known ; he had not enjoyed an extensve reputation in his... | |
| Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 618 pages
...London, to which he had often been invited. Iu 171M, he made a second journey thither. He found a most splendid reception, and the university of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of d.ictor of music. In England, Haydn first Ысита generally known ; he had not enjoyed an extensive... | |
| Great Britain - 1834 - 614 pages
...in Italy ; and, in 178G, he succeeded Stanley, as master of the king's band of musicians. In 1790, the University of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of doctor of music, but what his exercise was on tiiat occasion, is not recorded. He went to Dublin in the suite of the... | |
| Charles N. Baldwin - Biography - 1833 - 466 pages
...composition. In 1791 he went to England, and published several of his works ; in consequence of which the university of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of doctor of music. In 1796, he returned to Germany, where he composed his sublime oratorio of " The Creation," and " The... | |
| George Hogarth - Composers - 1835 - 486 pages
...career. By the labours of his long life, he had acquired a moderate competency ; and, after his last return from England, he purchased a small house and garden in one of the suburbs of Vienna, where he resided for the remaining years of his life. Soon after he had taken possession of * The Seasons... | |
| Books - 1835 - 642 pages
...career. By the labours of his long life, he had acquired a moderate competency; and, after his last return from England, he purchased a small house and garden in one of the suburbs of Vienna, where he resided for the remaining years of his life. Soon after he had taken possession of his little... | |
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