British music and literary context : artistic connections in the long nineteenth century / Michael Allis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allis, Michael, 1964-

Contributor:

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Series:

Music in Britain, 1600-1900

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Music and literature.

Music and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Music--Great Britain--History and criticism--19th century.

Music.

Music--Great Britain--20th century--History and criticism.

English poetry--Musical settings.

English poetry.

History.

Great Britain.

English literature--Musical settings--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Musical settings.

English poetry--Musical settings--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

x, 320 pages : music ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2012.

Summary:

In this interdisciplinary study, Allis (music, University of Leeds) shows how British composers of the late 19th and early 20th century combined literary texts with their music in various ways, such as collaboration between a composer and a poet, the sustained musical promotion of a literary figure, the refiguring of a poetic text in music, and the musical application of narrative strategies from a literary genre. Composers studied are Hubert Parry, Edward Elgar, Charles Villiers Stanford, and Granville Bantock. Numerous examples of musical notation are included. The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [290]-306) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

1843837307

9781843837305

OCLC:

761854511

Publisher Number:

99949491196