Parry to Finzi: Twenty English Song-Composers

Name: Parry to Finzi: Twenty English Song-Composers
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ISBN: 9781843831747

ISBN-10: 1843831740

ISBN-13: 9781843831747

Edition: 2005

Authors: Trevor Hold

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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 to English song is nevertheless important. Also…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited
Publication date: 9/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 476
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English