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Klappentext A collection of essays on Vaughan Williams explores his musical language! cultural context and biography. Zusammenfassung This collection of essays on Vaughan Williams brings together leading British and American scholars and covers a wide range of topics and approaches! exploring musical language! cultural context! biography! manuscript sources and reception history. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of plates, Bibliographic abbreviations and score references; Preface; 1. Constructing Englishness in music: national character and the reception of Ralph Vaughan Williams Alain Frogley; 2. Coming of age: the earliest orchestral music of Ralph Vaughan Williams Michael Vaillancourt; 3. Vaughan Williams, Tallis and the Phantasy principle Anthony Pople; 4. Vaughan Williams, Germany, and the German tradition: a view from the letters Hugh Cobbe; 5. Scripture, Church, and culture: biblical texts in the works of Ralph Vaughan Williams Byron Adams; 6. Vaughan Williams's folksong transcriptions: a case of idealization? Julian Onderdonk; 7. Vaughan Williams and British wartime cinema Jeffrey Richards; 8. Rhythm in the symphonies: a preliminary investigation Lionel Pike; 9. 'Symphony in D major': models and mutations Arnold Whittall; 10. The place of the Eighth among Vaughan Williams's symphonies Oliver Neighbour; Index of Vaughan Williams's works cited; Index of names.
