The Lark Ascending - People, Music and Landscape in Twentieth-Century Britain

Informationen zum Autor Richard King is the author of Original Rockers (shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and a Rough Trade, The Times and Uncut Book of the Year), How Soon Is Now? (the Sunday Times Music Book of the Year) and The Lark Ascending (a Rough Trade, Mojo and Evening Standard Book of the Year), all published by Faber & Faber. He was born into a bilingual family in South Wales and for the last twenty years has lived in the rural county of Powys, Mid Wales. | @richard_king Klappentext The celebrated music writer looks back on how great British music has often had a connection with the landscape. Takes in the work of musicians diverse as Vaughan Williams, Brian Eno, Kate Bush and Boards Of Canada. Celebrates the light and the dark of the British countryside. Zusammenfassung A radical new history of Britain's natural landscapes and the musical movements they have inspired.

Product details

• Authors: Mr Richard King, Richard King, Richard (Events organiser) King
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2020
• EAN: 9780571338801
• ISBN: 978-0-571-33880-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; MUSIC / General, The Natural World, Country Life & Pets