The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams - Couverture souple

Frogley, Alain

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521162904 ISBN 13 : 9780521162906

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Cambridge Companions to Music Recueil pour Ouvrages de référence publié en 2013 sous la référence 9780521162906 par Cambridge University Press. A comprehensive reassessment of this towering figure of twentieth-century music, examining works, cultural context and reception in Britain and beyond.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 his studies with Ravel; uniquely, the book also includes specially commissioned interviews with major living composers Peter Maxwell Davies, Piers Hellawell, Nicola Lefanu and Anthony Payne. The Companion is a vital resource for all those interested in this pivotal figure of modern music.

Biographie de l'auteur :

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 extensively on Beethoven. His research has centered on sketch studies, reception history and musical nationalism; his most recent work explores music and the modern city. Frogley is the editor of Vaughan Williams Studies (1996) and the author of Vaughan Williams's Ninth Symphony (2001); he has also contributed to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0521162904
• ISBN 13: 9780521162906
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 362