National Music and Other Essays

by Ursula Vaughan Williams, Williams Vaughan, Ralph Vaughan Williams

Book Overview

Ralph Vaughan Williams, one of the greatest English composers, held strong views on many musical subjects which he did not hesitate to express in plain, vigorous prose. National Music and Other Essays contains, in book form, all Vaughan Williams's writings that he thought worth preserving, including essays on the theme of nationalism in music, the evolution of the folk song, and the origins of music, as well as pieces on individual composers and their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192840169
• ISBN13: 9780192840165
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"