A Catalogue of the Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams [Hardcover]

Michael Kennedy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 5, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0198165846 | ISBN-13: 978-0198165842 | Edition: 2

This revised edition of the standard catalogue of the music and writings of Vaughan Williams includes all known published and unpublished works, with full details of instrumentation, revisions, and first performances. There is much new information on the location of manuscripts and sketches, and there are many corrections to the information and dates given in the previous text. The volume includes a bibliography of the literary writings of Ralph Vaughan Williams compiled by Peter Starbuck, and an appendix of folk songs collected by Vaughan Williams.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Offers the musically curious undergraduate or general reader far more than one might expect!...The result is a work unexpectedly both utile et dulci, something of a browser's joy for anyone prepared to be seriously interested in this temporarily out-of-fashion, yet really quite important, composer."--Choice

"[Kennedy's] exposition on the composer's life and music is both comprehensive and superlative."--Choral Journal

About the Author

Michael Kennedy has been music critic of the Sunday Telegraph since 1989. He is an authority on English music of the twentieth century and has written books on Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten, and Walton, as well as on Mahler, Strauss, Barbirolli, Boult, and the Halle Orchestra.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 322 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (December 5, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198165846
• ISBN-13: 978-0198165842
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,961,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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