Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams

Zusatztext 'His exposition on the composer's life and music is both comprehensive and superlative.'Stephen Town! Northwest Missouri State University! Choral Journal Klappentext This is the authoritative account of Vaughan Williams's musical life-- the story of a great composer's career! and at the same time the story of music in England for over half a century. Kennedy considers the principal works in chronological order! outlining the main features of each and discussing details of the music's structure! often illuminating his point with a musical quotation. He also provides a good deal of biographical data! and so builds up a picture of the composer! as well as providing thumbnail sketches of many of Vaughan Williams's friends and colleagues. Kennedy's extensive knowledge of Vaughan Williams's output also enables him to refer back and forth across the works to pick out lines of development and influence. Along with Michael Kennedy's new preface! the second edition includes a full classified list of Vaughan Williams's works. Zusammenfassung This is a biographical account of Vaughan Williams' musical life - the story of a great composer's career, and at the same time the story of music in England over half a century and more. This reissue contains a new preface by the author.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Kennedy, Kennedy Michael, Ralph Vaughn William
• Assisted by: Michael Kennedy (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.1992
• EAN: 9780198163305
• ISBN: 978-0-19-816330-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: Clarendon Paperbacks; Clarendon Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Biography: arts & entertainment, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment