Vaughan Williams
"Unlike the fathers of the nineteenth-century English musical renaissance, who slavishly paid homage to the German masters, composers Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and his friend Gustav Holst threw off the shackles of the Teutonic school and drew their inspiration from the neglected tradition of English folk-song." "The result was the creation of a distinctly English musical voice that evoked the cultural heritage of a nation. In particular, the sheer beauty, vitality, and aesthetic force of Vaughan Williams's works, which include The Lark Ascending, Greensleeves, the Tallis Fantasia, and nine symphonies, connected listeners to a timeless past and gave them a common national spirit, especially during turbulent war-torn times."
Print Book, English, 2001, ©2000
Northeastern University Press, Boston, Mass., 2001, ©2000
Biography
167 pages ; 21 cm
9781555534721, 1555534724
45247354
The magic casements
Real music
A search for a style
Mature mysticism
'Ultimately national'
The importance of war
To be a pilgrim
Finale