Elgar: An Extraordinary Life

Name: Elgar: An Extraordinary Life
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AvJ P E Harper-Scott

2007

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Beskrivning

How did the son of a provincial piano tuner rise to international fame? Was the English countryside the principal inspiration for Elgar's music? Was this moustachioed, red-blooded, imperialist all that he seemed...?

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-05-24
Höjd:165 x 216 x 9 mm
Vikt:201 g
Språk:Engelska
Serie:An Extraordinary Life (ABRSM)
Antal sidor:128
Förlag:The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
EAN:9781860967702

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J.P.E Harper-Scott is lecturer in music at Royal Holloway having taught previously at Universities of Oxford, Nottingham and Liverpool. He has scholarly interests in Elgar, Walton, Britten , Schenkerian theory, the philosophy of Heidegger, and meaning in music.

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This is now possibly the best first stop for learning about Elgar's life...On the complex yet sympathetic genius himself Harper-Scott presents a well-detailed and believable likeness.

Innehållsförteckning

INTRODUCTION ONE: THE APPRENTICE YEARS (1857-89) TWO: NEO-ROMANTICISM IN THE PROVINCES(1890-1903) THREE: MODERNISM AND LAUREATESHIP: A DIVIDED SELF (1904-14) FOUR: THE FIRST MODERNIST MUSIC IN ENGLAND FIVE: WAR AND RETREAT (1914-18) SIX: REGROUPING AND REBIRTH (1919-34)