The Cambridge companion to Vaughan Williams / edited by Alain Frogley and Aidan J. Thomson.
Frogley, Alain.; Thomson, Aidan J., 1975-
2013
ML410.V3 C36 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
The Cambridge companion to Vaughan Williams / edited by Alain Frogley and Aidan J. Thomson.
ISBN
9780521162906 paperback
0521162904 paperback
9780521197687 hardcover
0521197686 hardcover
Published
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xx, 338 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Call Number
ML410.V3 C36 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
780.92 B
Summary
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]
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-325) and indexes.
Added Author
Frogley, Alain.
Thomson, Aidan J., 1975-
Series
Cambridge companions to music.
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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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