This book contains the full Labanotation score of "Soiree Musicale" with detailed study and performance notes, historical background and photographs. The first

In 1844, Mrs. Frederick Widder held a soirée musicale in her lavish Toronto home. Both the music and program were standard fare for the time but, for the autho

Each chapter covers a specific period of the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and major areas of activity examined include music on public and social occasions