Edward Elgar and His World /

Edward Elgar and His World / / ed. by Byron Adams.

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Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating, important, and influential figures in the history of British music. He rose from humble beginnings and achieved fame with music that to this day is beloved by audiences in England, and his work has secured an enduring legacy worldw...

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MitwirkendeR:
Adams, Byron,
Botstein, Leon,
Cowgill, Rachel,
Fuller, Sophie,
Ghuman, Nalini,
Grimley, Daniel M.,
Heckert, Deborah,
Mcguire, Charles Edward,
Riley, Matthew,
Thomson, Aidan J.,
HerausgeberIn:
Adams, Byron,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]
©2007
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:The Bard Music Festival ; 27
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 23 halftones. 25 musical examples.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Permissions and Credits
  • Of Worcester and London: An Introduction
  • PART I. WORCESTER
  • Measure of a Man: Catechizing Elgar's Catholic Avatars
  • Elgar the Escapist?
  • Elgar and the Persistence of Memory
  • "The Spirit-Stirring Drum": Elgar and Populism
  • PART II. DOCUMENTS
  • Early Reviews of The Apostles in British Periodicals
  • Charles Sanford Terry and Elgar's Violin Concerto
  • PART III. LONDON
  • Elgar's Critical Critics
  • Elgar and the Salons: The Significance of a Private Musical World
  • Elgar and the British Raj: Can the Mughals March?
  • Working the Crowd: Elgar, Class, and Reformulations of Popular Culture at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
  • Elgar's War Requiem
  • PART IV. SUMMATION
  • Transcending the Enigmas of Biography: The Cultural Context of Sir Edward Elgar's Career
  • INDEX
  • Notes on the Contributors

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