Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - A Musical Life

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Green Klappentext Green's study is more than a biography of an Anglo-African composer.The first comprehensive study of Coleridge-Taylor's life for almost a century, it reveals how class-ridden Britain could embrace even the most unlikely of cultural icons. Zusammenfassung Green’s study is more than a biography of an Anglo-African composer.The first comprehensive study of Coleridge-Taylor’s life for almost a century, it reveals how class-ridden Britain could embrace even the most unlikely of cultural icons. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements, List of Figures, Introduction, 1 The Early Years, 2 The Royal College of Music, 3 The Promising Young Composer, 4 The Wedding Feast, 5 ‘A Sentiment Prevalent Here’, 6 Intensifying the Effect, 7 The International Star, 8 A Stalwart Member of the Profession, 9 A ‘Definite Place for the Negro in the World’s History’, 10 A Tale of Old Japan, 11 Requiem, 12 The Legacy, Postscript, Appendix 1 The Song of Hiawatha, Appendix 2 Further Reading, Notes, Works Cited, Index

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Green
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2011
• EAN: 9781848931619
• ISBN: 978-1-84893-161-9
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Biography: arts & entertainment, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Romanticism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Biography: arts and entertainment, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, Romantic Music (C 1830 To C 1900), Art music, orchestral and formal music