English pastoral music : from Arcadia to Utopia, 1900-1955 / Eric Saylor.

Author
Saylor, Eric [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
xi, 245 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm

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    Covering works by popular figures like Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst as well as less familiar English composers, Eric Saylor's pioneering book examines pastoral music's critical, theoretical, and stylistic foundations alongside its creative manifestations in the contexts of Arcadia, war, landscape, and the Utopian imagination. As Saylor shows, pastoral music adapted and transformed established musical and aesthetic conventions that reflected the experiences of British composers and audiences during the early twentieth century. By approaching pastoral music as a cultural phenomenon dependent on time and place, Saylor forcefully challenges the body of critical opinion that has long dismissed it as antiquated, insular, and reactionary.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-233) and index.
    Contents
    • What is pastoralism?
    • Arcadia
    • War
    • Landscape
    • Utopia.
    ISBN
    • 9780252041099 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
    • 0252041097 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
    • 9780252099656
    • 0252099656
    LCCN
    2017007715
    OCLC
    962253823
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