Meirion Hughes

The English Musical Renaissance and the Press 1850-1914: Watchmen of Music (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The importance of nineteenth-century writing about culture has long been accepted by scholars, yet so far as music criticism is concerned, Victorian England has been an area of scholarly neglect. This state of affairs is all the more surprising given that the quantity of such criticism in the Victorian and Edwardian press was vast, much of it displaying a richness and diversity of critical perspectives. Through the study of music criticism from several key newspapers and journals (specifically The Times, Daily Telegraph, Athenaeum and The Musical Times), this book examines the reception history of new English music in the period surveyed and assesses its cultural, social and political, importance. Music critics projected and promoted English composers to create a national music of which England could be proud. J A Fuller Maitland, critic on The Times, described music journalists as 'watchmen on the walls of music', and Meirion Hughes extends this metaphor to explore their crucial role in building and safeguarding what came to be known as the English Musical Renaissance. Part One of the book looks at the critics in the context of the publications for which they worked, while Part Two focuses on the relationship between the watchmen-critics and three composers: Arthur Sullivan, Hubert Parry and Edward Elgar. Hughes argues that the English Musical Renaissance was ultimately a success thanks largely to the work of the critics. In so doing, he provides a major re-evaluation of the impact of journalism on British music history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351544832
• Artikelnr.: 49042808

Autorenporträt

Meirion Hughes, a freelance historian, co-authored (with R.A. Stradling) The English Musical Renaissance 1860-1940: Construction and Deconstruction (1993), a volume which has appeared in a revised edition as The English Musical Renaissance 1840-1940: Constructing a National Music (2001). He contributed essays on Elgar to Music and the Politics of Culture (1989), on Rossini to Conflict and Coexistence (1997), and has written and presented several broadcasts for BBC Radio 3.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Part 1: Watchmen and Watchtowers: I.The Times: J.W. Davison: 'musical politician'
Francis Hueffer: stranger as sentinel
J.A. Fuller Maitland: 'doorkeeper of music'
H.C. Colles
2.The Daily Telegraph: Joseph Bennet: 'patriarch and head of the profession'
Robin Legge
3. The Athenaeum: Henry F. Chorley: critic as patron
Campbell Clarke
Charles Gruneisen
Ebenezer Prout and Henry Frost
John Shedlock
4. The Musical Times: J. Alfred Novello: a look-out for profit
Henry Lunn takes command
W.A. Barrett and E.F. Jacques
Frederick G. Edwards
W.G. McNaught
Part 2: The Watched: 5. Sullivan - 'Jumbo of the moment': Lost leader?
'Risking comparison with great men'
'A love of the stage'
6. Parry - 'English master': 'Wild oats'
'Legitimate husbandry'
7. Elgar - 'self-made' composer: 'A local musician'
Passing the rubicon
'Man of the hour'
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.