| Description |
2 volumes (xx, 1201 pages) : illustrations, portraits, music ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Volume 1. Part I : creating an identity. British symphonies? An introduction ; Early beginnings in the eighteenth century ; 'Post-classical' symphonism, with special emphasis on the Royal Academy of Music : first inklings of a British musical renaissance ; The influence of the 'great German tradition' and the foundation of the Royal College of Music ; Brian, Harty, Elgar, and the end of the Victorian era -- Part II : uniqueness in diversity. Traditional form and expansion of the 'academically feasible' ; The programme symphony after 1914. |
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Volume 2. The tradition of the choral symphony, with a few remarks on the solo vocal symphony ; New directions of twentieth-century British symphonism in the twenties, thirties and early forties ; The particularly British in the evolution of the British symphony : final and summarizing remarks. |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Symphony -- England -- 19th century.
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Symphony. |
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England. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Symphony -- England -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Music -- England -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Title |
2 centuries of British symphonism |
| ISBN |
9783487152264 (2-v. set : hardbound) |
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3487152266 (hardbound) |
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9783487152271 (v. 1 : hardbound) |
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3487152274 (v. 1 : hardbound) |
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9783487152288 (v. 2 : hardbound) |
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3487152282 (v. 2 : hardbound) |
| Standard No. |
9783487152264 |
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