Edward Elgar and the Nostalgic Imagination Hardback - Hardcover

Riley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521863619 ISBN 13: 9780521863612

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Elgar is today arguably the most popular British classical composer. During his lifetime, and since his death, Elgar's work has become closely associated with nostalgia of various forms. A controversial topic in contemporary Britain, nostalgia has been condemned as escapist, but here Riley offers a cautious defence of Elgarian nostalgia.

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Críticas:

Review of the hardback: '... a heavyweight and widely researched production, at its most distinguished when close descriptive musical analysis focuses ideas and sets off fascinating trains of thought.' Musical Times

Review of the hardback: 'It is built round various abstracts nouns, each applied to Elgar in turn.' The Times Literary Supplement

Review of the hardback: 'There is a particularly limpid and acute discussion of the relations between music and literature involved...' The Times Literary Supplement

Biografía del autor:

Matthew Riley is Lecturer in Music at the University of Birmingham.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521863619
• ISBN 13: 9780521863612
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 254