Composing History - National Identities and the English Masque Revival, 1860-1920

A study of the ways in which topics of English history were central to conceptions of English identity, musical and otherwise, during the Victorian and Edwardian periods

Sommario

Vaughan Williams, Stratford's masque and the wellsprings of England's music
'With revel dance and song': The Musical Image of History in the Victorian Masque
The Past speaks in English: Historiography and the Masque Revival
Making the Commonwealth a Harmony: The Masque, the Folk Revival and Pageant Culture
'The Heroic Past and the Earth his Mother': The Reticence of Reception and the Burden of Imperialism
'A typically English institution': The Masque after the First World War
Appendix One: Chronology of Masque Compositions during the 19th century
Appendix Two: Chronology of Masque Historiography prior to 1930
Appendix Three: Chronology of British Masque Compositions, 1901-1950
Appendix Four: Review of Pan's Anniversary from the Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, 28 April, 1905
Bibliography

Info autore

Deborah Heckert

Riassunto

A study of the ways in which topics of English history were central to conceptions of English identity, musical and otherwise, during the Victorian and Edwardian periods

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Deborah Heckert, Deborah (Customer) Heckert
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781783272075
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-207-5
• Pagine: 250
• Peso: 576 g
• Illustrazioni: 18 b/w illus.
• Serie: Music in Britain, 1600-2000; Music in Britain, 1600-2000
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie