Delius and the sound of place / Daniel M. Grimley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grimley, Daniel M., author.

Series:

Music in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934--Criticism and interpretation.

Delius, Frederick.

Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934.

Place (Philosophy) in music.

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

Music.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 312 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Few composers have responded as powerfully to place as Frederick Delius (1862-1934). Born in Yorkshire, Delius resided in the United States, Germany and Scandinavia before settling in France, where he spent the majority of his professional career. This book examines the role of place in selected works, including 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring', Appalachia, and The Song of the High Hills, reading place as a creative and historically mediated category in his music. Drawing on archival sources, contemporary art and literature, and more recent writing in cultural geography and the philosophy of place, this is a new interpretation of Delius' work, and he emerges as one of the most original and compelling voices in early twentieth-century music. As the popularity of his music grows, this book challenges the idea of Delius as a large-scale rhapsodic composer, and reveals a richer and more productive relationship between place and music. -- Book jacket.

Few composers have responded as powerfully to place as Frederick Delius (1862-1934). Born in Yorkshire, Delius resided in the United States, Germany and Scandinavia before settling in France, where he spent the majority of his professional career. This book examines the role of place in selected works, including 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring', Appalachia, and The Song of the High Hills, reading place as a creative and historically mediated category in his music. Drawing on archival sources, contemporary art and literature, and more recent writing in cultural geography and the philosophy of place, this is a new interpretation of Delius' work, and he emerges as one of the most original and compelling voices in early twentieth-century music. As the popularity of his music grows, this book challenges the idea of Delius as a large-scale rhapsodic composer, and reveals a richer and more productive relationship between place and music.

Contents:

Place

Idyll

River

Drift

Village

Hill - Garden

Departure.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-305) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781108470391

1108470394

OCLC:

1039920335