Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Frogley, Alain

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Produktbeschreibung

An icon of British national identity and one of the most widely performed twentieth-century composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams has been as much misunderstood as revered; his international impact and enduring influence on areas as diverse as church music, film scores and popular music has been insufficiently appreciated. This volume brings together a team of leading scholars, examining all areas of the composer's output from new perspectives, and re-evaluating the cultural politics of his lifelong advocacy for the music-making of ordinary people. Surveys of major genres are complemented by chapters exploring such topics as the composer's relationship with the BBC and his studies with Ravel; uniquely, the book also includes specially commissioned interviews with major living composers Peter Maxwell Davies, Piers Hellawell, Nicola Lefanu and Anthony Payne. The Companion is a vital resource for all those interested in this pivotal figure of modern music.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107595569
• Artikelnr.: 40171794

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology; Introduction Alain Frogley and Aidan J. Thomson; Part I. 'Who
wants the English composer?': Forging a Path, 1890-1925: 1. The composer
and society: family, politics, nation Julian Onderdonk; 2. Vaughan
Williams's musical apprenticeship Byron Adams; 3. Becoming a national
composer: critical reception to c.1925 Aidan J. Thomson; Part II. Works by
Genre: 4. History and geography: the early orchestral works and first three
symphonies Alain Frogley; 5. The songs and shorter secular choral works
Sophie Fuller; 6. 'An Englishman and a democrat': Vaughan Williams, large
choral works and the English festival tradition Charles Edward McGuire; 7.
Folksong arrangements, hymn tunes, and church music Julian Onderdonk; 8.
Music for stage and film Eric Saylor; 9. Chamber music and works for
soloist with orchestra Christopher Mark; 10. The later symphonies Julian
Horton; Part III. Activism, Reception, and Influence: 11. The public
figure: Vaughan Williams as writer and activist David Manning; 12. Vaughan
Williams, Boult, and the BBC Jenny Doctor; 13. Fluctuations in the response
to the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams Michael Kennedy; 14. Vaughan
Williams and his successors: composers' forum Peter Maxwell Davies, Piers
Hellawell, Nicola LeFanu and Anthony Payne in conversation with Aidan J.
Thomson; Select bibliography; Index of Vaughan Williams's works.