English Pastoral Music
From Arcadia to Utopia, 1900-1955
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Word Count
66,000 words, Guess
Page Count
264 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-100252041097
- ISBN-139780252041099
- Library of Congress Control Number2017007715
- OCLC Control Number962253823
- Better World Books9780252041099
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27418417M
Classifications
- LCCML286.5.S19 2017
- LCCML286.5 .S19 2017
Description
Covering works by popular figures like Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst as well as less familiar English composers, Eric Saylor's pioneering book examines pastoral music's critical, theoretical, and stylistic foundations alongside its creative manifestations in the contexts of Arcadia, war, landscape, and the Utopian imagination. As Saylor shows, pastoral music adapted and transformed established musical and aesthetic conventions that reflected the experiences of British composers and audiences during the early twentieth century. By approaching pastoral music as a cultural phenomenon dependent on time and place, Saylor forcefully challenges the body of critical opinion that has long dismissed it as antiquated, insular, and reactionary.
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- English Pastoral Music: From Arcadia to Utopia, 1900-1955
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