Matthew Riley

English Diatonic Music 1887â1955

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Produktbeschreibung

English Diatonic Music 1887-1955 provides a study of a modern tradition in English art music of the early twentieth century based on the era's focus on diatonicism and its ability to convey metaphysical and mystical feelings. Matthew Riley remaps traditional understandings of this era, emphasizing the importance of convention and craft in its development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 168mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9780197684528
• ISBN-10: 0197684521
• Artikelnr.: 73143117

Autorenporträt

Matthew Riley is Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham. His research focuses on music theory and analysis, Classical and Romantic repertory, and British music from the 1880s to the mid-twentieth century.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1. Processional Diatonicism I: Hubert Parry and Blest Pair of Sirens
* 2. Processional Diatonicism II: Elgar and Vaughan Williams to 1914
* 3. Diatonic Pastoral Music 1914-1925: Vaughan Williams and Howells
* 4. Songs of Pain and Beauty: On English Diatonic Song
* 5. Tracts for the Times: English Diatonic Music at Peace and War
1937-1953
* 6. The New Ecstasy: Howells and Tippett
* Glossary of Conventions of English Diatonic Music
* Appendix A: The Grail Knights' Communion Hymn 'Wein und Brod' from
Parsifal Act I as 'Begetter' of English Diatonic Music
* Appendix B: 'Regular Orders' of English Diatonic Conventions
* Bibliography
* Index