Despite Vaughan Williams' seminal importance in British music, international stature as a symphonist, and wider significance as an icon of Englishness, very little new research on his life or music has been published since the mid-1960s. The ten essays presented here examine diverse subjects such as the place of Vaughan Williams in the construction of English national identity in this century, the role of rhythm in his symphonies, music for propaganda films, and his unpublished early orchestral pieces; major works such as the Tallis Fantasia and the Fifth Symphony are analyzed in depth.
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Review of the hardback: '... These ten substantial chapters offer insights into Vaughan Williams as both man and musician. As a collection of essays this is a random rather than a balanced survey, though nonetheless welcome in discussing important issues in depth. The standard of presentation is high, with clear musical examples enhancing detailed analyses of the Tallis Fantasia and Fifth Symphony.' Terry Barfoot, BBC Music Magazine
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Despite Vaughan Williams's seminal importance in British music, international stature as a symphonist, and wider significance as an icon of Englishness, very little new research on his life or music has been published since the mid-1960s. The ten essays presented here examine diverse subjects such as the place of Vaughan Williams in the construction of English national identity this century, the role of rhythm in his symphonies, music for propaganda films, and his unpublished early orchestral pieces; major works such as the Tallis Fantasia and the Fifth Symphony are analysed in depth.
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Brilliant work, though not really for the general reader.,
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This review is from: Vaughan Williams Studies (Cambridge Composer Studies) (Hardcover)
A landmark in Vaughan Williams criticism. The book handles questions both of intellectual milieu (Frogley's essay on English musical identity relates it to a wider movement) and of Vaughan Williams's musical art. The essay on VW's use of rhythm is outstanding, thoroughly refuting the picture of him as some musical bumpkin, but essays of this type require some familiarity with the nuts and bolts of music as well as the ability to read it. The book well rewards the effort it requires. This has become a favorite book, one that I reread.
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Mention the name Ralph Vaughan Williams and into most people's minds come immediately three words: English, pastoral, and folksong. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dim little island, viola melody, second orchestra, musical nationalism, root progression, national music, collecting work, normal version, eighth symphony, nobis pacem Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vaughan Williams, Fifth Symphony, London Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Michael Kennedy, Coastal Command, New York, Fuller Maitland, The Pilgrim's Progress, Triumphal Epilogue, Pastoral Symphony, Tallis Fantasia, The Solent, Hubert Foss, Ninth Symphony, Oxford University Press, Sancta Civitas, Scott of the Antarctic, British Library, Burley Heath, Alain Frogley, Bucolic Suite, Cambridge University Press, Celestial City, Cyclopedic Survey New!
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Mention the name Ralph Vaughan Williams and into most people's minds come immediately three words: English, pastoral, and folksong. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dim little island, viola melody, second orchestra, musical nationalism, root progression, national music, collecting work, normal version, eighth symphony, nobis pacem Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vaughan Williams, Fifth Symphony, London Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Michael Kennedy, Coastal Command, New York, Fuller Maitland, The Pilgrim's Progress, Triumphal Epilogue, Pastoral Symphony, Tallis Fantasia, The Solent, Hubert Foss, Ninth Symphony, Oxford University Press, Sancta Civitas, Scott of the Antarctic, British Library, Burley Heath, Alain Frogley, Bucolic Suite, Cambridge University Press, Celestial City, Cyclopedic Survey New!
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- R.V.W.: A Biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams (Oxford Lives) by Ursula Vaughn Williams on 7 pages
- Vaughan Williams and the Vision of Albion by Wilfrid Mellers on 4 pages
- British Film Music (The Literature of Cinema, Series II) by John Huntley on page 139, page 143, and page 149
- Vaughan Williams Symphonies (BBC music guides) by Hugh Ottaway in Front Matter, page 205, and page 226
- Music and the Politics of Culture by Christopher Norris on page 3, and page 189
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- Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century by Arnold Whittall on 5 pages
- Parry's Creative Process (Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain) (Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain) by Michael Allis on page 19, and Back Matter
- Tippett Studies (Cambridge Composer Studies) by David Clarke on page 2
- The Cambridge Companion to Beethoven (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Glenn Stanley in Front Matter
- Walt Whitman and Modern Music: War, Desire, and the Trials of Nationhood (Border Crossings) by Lawrence Kramer on page 39
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