England Resounding: Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten and the English Musical Renaissance

by Keith Alldritt

The spectacular revival of serious music in England is a chief feature of the history of British culture from the turn of the 20th century and after. For some two centuries the art form had stagnated in England, which was referred to, notoriously, by a German commentator as "the land without music." But then came a great renaissance. In the three linked essays that make up this book, Keith Alldritt, the most recent biographer of Vaughan Williams,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719829755
• ISBN13: 9780719829758
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"