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" The Cambridge companion to Vaughan Williams / "
edited by Alain Frogley and Aidan J. Thomson.
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878865
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The Cambridge companion to Vaughan Williams /\ edited by Alain Frogley and Aidan J. Thomson.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2013.
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Cambridge companions to music
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xx, 338 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm.
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0521162904
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: 0521197686
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: 9780521162906
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: 9780521197687
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-325) and indexes.
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| Contents
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The composer and society: family, politics, nation / Julian Onderdonk -- Vaughan Williams's musical apprenticeship / Byron Adams -- Becoming a national composer: critical reception to c.1925 / Aidan J. Thomson -- History and geography: the early orchestral works and first three symphonies / Alain Frogley -- The songs and shorter secular choral works / Sophie Fuller -- 'An Englishman and a democrat': Vaughan Williams, large choral works and the English festival tradition / Charles Edward McGuire -- Folksong arrangements, hymn tunes, and church music / Julian Onderdonk -- Music for stage and film / Eric Saylor -- Chamber music and works for soloist with orchestra / Christopher Mark -- The later symphonies / Julian Horton -- The public figure: Vaughan Williams as writer and activist / David Manning -- Vaughan Williams, Boult, and the BBC / Jenny Doctor -- Fluctuations in the response to the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams / Michael Kennedy -- Vaughan Williams and his successors: composers' forum / Peter Maxwell Davies, Piers Hellawell, Nicola LeFanu and Anthony Payne in conversation with Aidan J. Thomson.
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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 misunderstood as much as he had been 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 [Publisher description].
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph,1872-1958-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph,1872-1958.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph,1872-1958.
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Composers-- England, Biography.
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Music-- England-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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Composers.
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Music.
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England.
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780.92B
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ML410.V3C36 2013
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Frogley, Alain.
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Thomson, Aidan J.,1975-
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