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Authors: Alain Frogley
ISBN-13: 9780521088640, ISBN-10: 052108864X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: October 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Alain Frogley

Book Synopsis

A collection of essays on Vaughan Williams explores his musical language, cultural context and biography.

Table of Contents

List of plates
Bibliographic abbreviations and score references
Preface
1Constructing Englishness in music: national character and the reception of Ralph Vaughan Williams1
2Coming of age: the earliest orchestral music of Ralph Vaughan Williams23
3Vaughan Williams, Tallis, and the Phantasy principle47
4Vaughan Williams, Germany, and the German tradition: a view from the letters81
5Scripture, Church, and culture: biblical texts in the works of Ralph Vaughan Williams99
6Vaughan Williams's folksong transcriptions: a case of idealization?118
7Vaughan Williams and British wartime cinema139
8Rhythm in the symphonies: a preliminary investigation166
9'Symphony in D major': models and mutations187
10The place of the Eighth among Vaughan Williams's symphonies213
Index of Vaughan Williams's works cited234
Index of Names237

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