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C. Hubert H. Parry His Life and Music

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ISBN-10: 0198167024

ISBN-13: 9780198167020

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: Jeremy Dibble

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Sir Hubert Parry was one of Britain's most creative and influential musicians, and a key architect of the English Musical Renaissance. This is a major reappraisal of Parry, both of his life and his vast legacy of compositions. Well known for three enduringly popular works--Blest Pair of Sirens, I was Glad, and Jerusalem, almost an unofficial national anthem--Parry has long been presented as a paternal, establishment figure, an image reinforced by a number of popular photographs. Yet Parry's personality was infinitely more complex, as Jeremy Dibble makes clear. Drawing on a wealth of documentary evidence made available for the first time, he is able to draw a detailed portrait of a radical,…    
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List price: $62.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/14/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 570
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Professor Jeremy Dibble has been Lecturer in Music at both University College, Cork, Ireland and University of Durham as well as Head of Music Department, University of Durham. He is presently Reader of Music, University of Durham. Professor Dibble has written widely on British music of the Victorian, Edwardian, and Georgian eras, has written articles for numerous periodicals, journals, and dictionaries, and has acted as editorial consultant on the music of Parry and Stanford for various recording companies, including Hyperion, Conifer, Priory, and Nimbus, as well as the BBC.

List of Plates
Abbreviations
Note
1848-1872: The Early Years
Antecedents and Childhood
Eton
Oxford
London and Marriage
1872-1886: Years of Struggle
Dannreuther: Emancipation
Stylistic Experimentation
Prometheus Unbound: Depression and Resolve
Grove and the Royal College of Music
Guenever: Despair and Bitterness
1887-1897: Years of Renown
Blest Pair of Sirens: National Prominence
Dilemma: The Response to Public Demand
Climax: Directorship of the Royal College of Music
1898-1918: Decline
Knighthood: Philosophical Introspection--The 'Ethical' Oratorio
Breakdown in Health: Resignation
Indian Summer: Symphonic Renewal
War, Sadness, and Death
Genealogical Table
List of Works
Bibliography
Index of Works
Index