Vaughan Williams (Master Musician S.) - Softcover
Ralph Vaughan Williams succeeded Elgar as the leading English composer of his time. After a period of comparative neglect in the 1960s, his music is returning to worldwide popularity, and numerous CD recordings of his works are appearing. This book, much expanded, revised, and brought up to date, takes account of much new work on his life and music, and presents Vaughan Williams as essentially part of the great post-Romantic reaction led by such composers as Debussy and Stravinsky. Day attempts to show how his experiences in the First World War, as well as the circumstances of his life, intellectual and musical environment, and education helped him to create an oeuvre that is not only self-consistent, but extremely wide-ranging, with a depth, power, and intensity that are often overlooked by those interested in trends and fashions.
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"Like the whole book, Mr Day's treatment of the symphonies is likely to delight the intelligent music-lover whose technical equipment is limited" -- The Composer
"Successfully combines the life story with careful musical examination" -- Musical Opinion
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"Successfully combines the life story with careful musical examination" -- Musical Opinion
Since 1988 James Day has been Inspector of Language Schools for the British Council as well as a writer on music for the local press in Cambridge.
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- PublisherEveryman Ltd
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0460021680
- ISBN 13 9780460021685
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages238
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