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Essay on Musical Expression
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Essay on Musical Expression

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  • Charles Avison

    His “Essay on Musical Expression” (1752) evoked a pamphlet from William Hayes, professor of music at the University of Oxford (1753), to which Avison replied in an enlarged edition of the “Essay.” Avison lived all his life in Newcastle, refusing appointments at York, Dublin, Edinburgh, and


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    His “Essay on Musical Expression” (1752) evoked a pamphlet from William Hayes, professor of music at the University of Oxford (1753), to which Avison replied in an enlarged edition of the “Essay.” Avison lived all his life in Newcastle, refusing appointments at York, Dublin, Edinburgh, and


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