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5.0 out of 5 stars
A fascinating book,
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This review is from: Edward Elgar and His World (Bard Music Festival) (Paperback)
This volume is as distinguished a piece of cultural history as it is the exploration of one composer's career. "Edward Elgar and His World" elucidates the social landscape of Victorian England: it's thought, it's music, and the terrible price that was paid by creative artists dealing with the emotional repression that pervaded this era. The editor has arranged the essays so that they form a progression from the composer's earliest years to the twilight of his career. The essays themselves are varied, but always fascinating. Although serious, the prose in this volume dispenses with jargon and welcomes readers who are not musicians. Foucault, of course, was correct about how language can be used to police desire; that truism pervades - almost as a ground bass - many of the articles in this accomplished collection. Enjoy!
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Edward Elgar and His World (Bard Music Festival) by Byron Adams (Paperback - July 30, 2007)
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