Elgar: An Extraordinary Life

J P E Harper-Scott (Autor)

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128 Seiten

2007
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
978-1-86096-770-2 (ISBN)

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How did the son of a provincial piano tuner rise to international fame? Was the English countryside the principal inspiration for Elgar's music? Was this moustachioed, red-blooded, imperialist all that he seemed...?

J.P.E Harper-Scott is lecturer in music at Royal Holloway having taught previously at Universities of Oxford, Nottingham and Liverpool. He has scholarly interests in Elgar, Walton, Britten , Schenkerian theory, the philosophy of Heidegger, and meaning in music.

INTRODUCTION ONE: THE APPRENTICE YEARS (1857-89) TWO: NEO-ROMANTICISM IN THE PROVINCES(1890-1903) THREE: MODERNISM AND LAUREATESHIP: A DIVIDED SELF (1904-14) FOUR: THE FIRST MODERNIST MUSIC IN ENGLAND FIVE: WAR AND RETREAT (1914-18) SIX: REGROUPING AND REBIRTH (1919-34)

Reihe/Serie	An Extraordinary Life (ABRSM)
Zusatzinfo	31 halftones
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 216 mm
Gewicht	201 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
ISBN-10	1-86096-770-1 / 1860967701
ISBN-13	978-1-86096-770-2 / 9781860967702
Zustand	Neuware