A Study of Selected Works
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Köp båda 2 för 3207 krThe rehabilitation of British music began with Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford. Ralph Vaughan Williams assisted in its emancipation from continental models, while Gerald Finzi, Edmund Rubbra and George Dyson flourished in its independen...
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'Town [...] provides ample musical examples along with an excellent discussion of how the works compare and influenced each other. On top of its contribution to a general understanding of music history, this volume is sure to be of interest to conductors looking to explore a new repertoire... Recommended.' Choice '... a thorough and fascinating study that makes a valuable contribution to the period of interest.' Spirited, the Gazette of the English Music Festival 'Stephen Town [...] has written an incredibly thorough inspection of the English choral Renaissance of the early twentieth century through inspection of the genesis of works by Hubert Parry, Charles Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gerald Finzi, Edmund Rubbra, and George Dyson. Town's book is scholarly in the grandest manner, yet very readable. There are vast amounts of well-organized historical and analytical material here to discover in Town's narrative, and copious footnotes and direction to further reading... For anyone with an interest in English choral music, this is a must read... Stephen Town's new book is a truly great achievement and is highly recommended.' paulcarey440.blogspot 'This is a valuable study which I recommend wholeheartedly. I shall turn to it when any of the music discussed is up for performance. It is elegantly and clearly printed - and the proof-reading has been very thoroughly carried out giving it remarkable accuracy.' The Elgar Society Journal 'In his exquisitely detailed historical critique of the choral works of this study, Town probes connections of geography, training, and choral idiom among the composers and compositions. As a result, this book offers a unique understanding of a significant era of music history and choral significance.' Choral Journal 'From its opening preface to a valedictory afterword, Towns volume positions these composers as figures within a singular landscape, joined by an array of other composers, scholars, and writers in an intricate web of
Stephen Town is Professor of Music at Northwest Missouri State University. He is a recipient of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Fellowship and has published widely on music from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.
List of Chapter Appendices, List of Tables, List of Figures, List of Music Examples, Preface, Acknowledgments, 1. Hubert Parry and The Vision of Life Reconsidered: And we are faint with longing to hear the message clearly, 2. Voces Clamantium and Beyond These Voices There Is Peace: The Embodiment of Parrys Character Polarities, 3. Two Versions of The Three Holy Children by Charles Stanford: Context, Design, and Extant Scores, 4. Elegiac Ode by Charles Stanford: An Inspired Setting, Influential Exemplar, and Filial Tribute, 5. Flos Campi by Ralph Vaughan Williams: From Raw Intimations to Homogeneous Experience, 6. The light we sought is shining still: An Oxford Elegy by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 7. So great a beauty on these English fields: Requiem da Camera and Gerald Finzi (19011956), 8. The visionary gleam: Gerald Finzi, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Intimations of Immortality, 9. Symphony No. 9, Sinfonia Sacra by Edmund Rubbra, 10. The Morning Watch, Op. 55 by Edmund Rubbra, 11. A home of unfading splendour: Quo Vadis by George Dyson (18831964), 12. George Dysons Nebuchadnezzar and the Stimulus of Parry, Stanford, and Walton, Afterword, Bibliography, Index