Vaughan Williams on music / edited by David Manning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.

Contributor:

Manning, David, 1978-

Standardized Title:

Literary works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Section 1: Musical Life and English Music 1. The Romantic Movement and its Results 2. A School of English Music 3. The Soporific Finale 4. Good Taste 5. A Sermon to Vocalists 6. Preface to The English Hymnal 7. Who Wants the English Composer? 8. British Music 9. Gervase Elwes 10. Introduction to English Music 11. Elizabethan Music and the Modern World 12. Sir Donald Tovey 13. A. H. Fox Strangways, AET. LXXX 14. Making Your Own Music 15. Local Musicians 16. The Composer in Wartime 17. Introduction to News Chronicle Musical Competition Festival for HM Forces 18. First Performa

Contents:

CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: MUSICAL LIFE AND ENGLISH MUSIC; 1 The Romantic Movement and Its Results; 2 A School of English Music; 3 The Soporific Finale; 4 Good Taste; 5 A Sermon to Vocalists; 6 Preface to The English Hymnal; 7 Who Wants the English Composer?; 8 British Music; 9 Gervase Elwes; 10 Introduction to English Music; 11 Elizabethan Music and the Modern World; 12 Sir Donald Tovey; 13 A. H. Fox Strangways, AET. LXXX; 14 Making Your Own Music; 15 Local Musicians; 16 The Composer in Wartime

17 Introduction to News Chronicle Musical Competition Festival for HM Forces18 First Performances; 19 Art and Organisation; 20 Choral Singing; 21 Carthusian Music in the Eighties; 22 Howland Medal Lecture; 23 Preface to London Symphony; 24 Introduction to The Art of Singing; 25 Some Reminiscences of the English Hymnal; 26 Hands off the Third; PART II: CONTINENTAL COMPOSERS; 27 Palestrina and Beethoven; 28 Bach and Schumann; 29 The Words of Wagner's Music Dramas; 30 Brahms and Tchaikovsky; 31 Ein Heldenleben; 32 The Romantic in Music: Some Thoughts on Brahms; 33 Verdi: A Symposium

34 Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)35 Sibelius at 90: Greatness and Popularity; PART III: FOLK SONG; 36 Preface [to a Folk Song Collection]; 37 Introduction to Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties; 38 English Folk-Songs; 39 Folk-Song in Chamber Music; 40 Dance Tunes; 41 Sailor Shanties; 42 How to Sing a Folk-Song; 43 The Late Mr Frank Kidson; 44 Lucy Broadwood: An Appreciation; 45 Ella Mary Leather; 46 Folk-Song; 47 Cecil Sharp's Accompaniments; 48 Arthur Somervell; 49 Cecil James Sharp (1859-1924); 50 Traditional Arts in the Twentieth Century; 51 The Justification of Folk Song

52 Let Us Remember . . . Early Days53 Preface [Celebrating the Foundation of the Folk Song Society]; 54 Lucy Broadwood, 1858-1929; 55 Appeal on Behalf of the English Folk Dance and Song Society; 56 Preface to Index of English Songs; 57 Address to the Fifth Conference of the International Folk Music Council; 58 Cecil Sharp: An Appreciation; 59 Preface to International Catalogue of Recorded Folk Music; 60 Martin Shaw; 61 Preface to Folksong-Plainsong; 62 The Diamond Jubilee of the Folk Song Society; 63 The English Folk Dance and Song Society; 64 Introduction to Classic English Folk Songs

PART IV: BRITISH COMPOSERS65 Sir Hubert Parry; 66 Charles Villiers Stanford, by Some of His Pupils; 67 Introductory Talk to Holst Memorial Concert; 68 A Note on Gustav Holst; 69 Gustav Theodore Holst (1874-1934); 70 Foreword to Eight Concerts of Henry Purcell's Music; 71 Gustav Holst: A Great Composer; 72 The Teaching of Parry and Stanford; 73 Gerald Finzi: 1901-1956; 74 Mr Gerald Finzi: A Many-Sided Man; 75 Elgar Today; PART V: PROGRAMME NOTES ON VAUGHAN WILLIAMS'S MUSIC; 76 Heroic Elegy and Triumphal Epilogue; 77 Pan's Anniversary; 78 A Sea Symphony; 79 Phantasy Quintet

80 A London Symphony

Notes:

Originally published in various sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 423) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-029293-8

0-19-518982-5

0-19-972040-1

1-281-16253-1

1-4356-0953-0

9786611162535

0-19-804091-1

OCLC:

609831875