Composing history : national identities and the English masque revival, 1860-1920 / Deborah Heckert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heckert, Deborah, author.

Series:

Music in Britain, 1600-2000 2053-3217

Music in Britain, 1600-2000

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masques with music--19th century--History and criticism.

Masques with music.

Masques with music--20th century--History and criticism.

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

Music and history.

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

History.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 238 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : The Boydell Press, 2018.

Summary:

A study of the ways in which topics of English history were central to conceptions of English identity, musical and otherwise, during the Victorian and Edwardian periods.

Contents:

Vaughan Williams, Stratford's masque and the wellsprings of England's music

'With revel dance and song': The Musical Image of History in the Victorian Masque

The Past speaks in English: Historiography and the Masque Revival

Making the Commonwealth a Harmony: The Masque, the Folk Revival and Pageant Culture

'The Heroic Past and the Earth his Mother': The Reticence of Reception and the Burden of Imperialism

'A typically English institution': The Masque after the First World War

Appendix One: Chronology of Masque Compositions during the 19th century

Appendix Two: Chronology of Masque Historiography prior to 1930

Appendix Three: Chronology of British Masque Compositions, 1901-1950

Appendix Four: Review of Pan's Anniversary from the Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, 28 April, 1905.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-233) and index.

ISBN:

9781783272075

1783272074

OCLC:

967844028