The Evolution of the Art of Music

by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

Book Overview

C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918), knighted in 1902 for his services to music, was a distinguished composer, conductor and musicologist. In the first of these roles he is best known for his settings of Blake's 'Jerusalem' and the coronation anthem 'I was glad'. He was an enthusiastic teacher and proselytiser of music, believing strongly in its ability to widen and deepen the experience of Man, and this book, published in 1896 as a revised version of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108001793
• ISBN13: 9781108001793
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"