Childhood and youth, 1766-1773
Early upbringing and the family concerts, 1774-1787
Adolescence: Roman Catholicism, rebellion and Charlotte, 1780-1788
Life with Charlotte, 1791-1797
Beginning a career, 1797-1805
Discovering Bach, 1805-1808
Lectures and controversy, 1809
A developing career, 1810-1811
Vincent Novello and the Portuguese Embassy Chapel, 1811-1812
The oratorio business, 1813
The established career, 1814-1816
Breakdown and recovery, 1816-1823
The career re-established, 1823-1825
The Fitzwilliam music, 1825
Byrd, the Confitebor, and Handel's hymns, 1826-1828
The return to Bristol, 1829-1830
Last years, 1830-1837
Wesley and his musical environment
Sacred vocal music
Large-scale choral music with orchestra
Secular vocal music
Instrumental music
Keyboard music.
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Samuel Wesley : the man and his music by Philip Olleson. ISBN 1843830310. Published by Boydell in 2003. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
