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In eighteenth-century England, 'variety' became a prized aesthetic in musical culture. Not only was variety - of counterpoint, harmony, melody, and orchestration - expected for good composition, but it also manifested in cultural mediums such as songbook anthologies, which compiled miscellaneous songs and styles in single volumes; pasticcio operas, which were cobbled together from excerpts from other operas; and public concerts, which offered a hodgepodge assortment of different types and styles of performance. This book explores the phenomenon of musical miscellany in early eighteenth-century England both in performance culture and as an aesthetic.

Music --- Cosmopolitanism --- History and criticism. --- History --- Social aspects --- Eighteenth-century Britain --- Eighteenth-century aesthetics --- British cultural identity --- Musical miscellany