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Cambridge Companions to Music: The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams
Alain Frogley
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An icon of British national identity and one of the most widely performed twentieth-century composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams has been as much misunderstood as revered; his international impact and enduring influence on areas as diverse as church music, film scores and popular music has been insufficiently appreciated. This volume brings together a team of leading scholars, examining all areas of the composer's output from new perspectives, and re-evaluating the cultural politics of his lifelong advocacy for the music-making of ordinary people. Surveys of major genres are complemented by chapters exploring such topics as the composer's relationship with the BBC and ... Read more
An icon of British national identity and one of the most widely performed twentieth-century composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams has been as much misunderstood as revered; his international impact and enduring influence on areas as diverse as church music, film scores and popular music has been insufficiently appreciated. This volume brings together a team of leading scholars, examining all areas of the composer's output from new perspectives, and re-evaluating the cultural politics of his lifelong advocacy for the music-making of ordinary people. Surveys of major genres are complemented by chapters exploring such topics as the composer's relationship with the BBC and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Cambridge Companions to Music
Condition
New
Weight
739g
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521162906
SKU
V9780521162906
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About Alain Frogley
Alain Frogley has taught at Oxford and Lancaster universities, and since 1994 at the University of Connecticut; in 2008 he was Visiting Professor at Yale University. In 2005-6 he was a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies. A specialist in the music of the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly that of Britain and America, he has also worked ... Read more
Reviews for Cambridge Companions to Music: The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams
'The fourteen chapters take a variety of differing approaches to the process of exploring Vaughan William's life, work and broader cultural and social surroundings, so that the total result gives a genuine sense of 'something for everyone' ... A thoughtful and informative companion.' Malcolm Hayes, BBC Music Magazine 'A challenging and a stimulating read.' Gramophone ' All the essays here ... Read more