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Parry to Finzi
Trevor Hold
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Description for Parry to Finzi
Paperback. Offers an overview of the composers from the golden age of English romantic song. This book features: Parry, Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Quilter, Ireland, Gurney, Warlock, Finzi, Denis Browne, Charles Orr, Arthur Somervell, Armstrong Gibbs, Herbert Howells, Elgar, Delius, Holst, Frank Bridge, Arnold Bax, George Butterworth and E J Moeran. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 714.
Constantly illuminating. JOHN STEANE, GRAMOPHONE The composers in this book represent the outstanding songwriters from what we can now see as the golden age of English romantic song. As well as the major figures - Parry, Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Quilter, Ireland, Gurney, Warlock and Finzi - there are chapters on lesser-known composers, such as Denis Browne and Charles Orr. Detailed consideration is given to three songwriters who have suffered unaccountable neglect, Arthur Somervell, Armstrong Gibbs and Herbert Howells, and there are chapters on Elgar, Delius and Holst, whose reputations were made in other fields but whose contribution ... Read more
Constantly illuminating. JOHN STEANE, GRAMOPHONE The composers in this book represent the outstanding songwriters from what we can now see as the golden age of English romantic song. As well as the major figures - Parry, Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Quilter, Ireland, Gurney, Warlock and Finzi - there are chapters on lesser-known composers, such as Denis Browne and Charles Orr. Detailed consideration is given to three songwriters who have suffered unaccountable neglect, Arthur Somervell, Armstrong Gibbs and Herbert Howells, and there are chapters on Elgar, Delius and Holst, whose reputations were made in other fields but whose contribution ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
724g
Number of Pages
476
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843831747
SKU
V9781843831747
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for Parry to Finzi
Hold brings a composer's sensibility to his task, notably in his analytical discussion, and fully understands the nature of the marriage effected, and the difficulties involved, in the song-composer's art of blending poetry with music. He is a real companion on his reader's journey of discovery... The text [is] unfailingly readable and astute in judgement. JOHN TALBOT, BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY ... Read more