Edward Elgar : music and literature

Author(s)

• Monk, Ray

Bibliographic Information

Edward Elgar : music and literature

edited by Raymond Monk

Scolar Press, c1993

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This collection of essays seeks to reflect many aspects of the life and work of Edward Elgar. The centre-piece of the collection is Professor Brian Trowell's "Elgar's Use of Literature". These essays follow on from a 1990 publication, "Elgar Studies".

Table of Contents

• A man's attitude to life, Diana McVeagh
• Elgar at Powick - a strange apprenticeship, Barry Collett
• some early plans for "The Apostles", Christopher Grogan
• "The Apostles" - Elgar and Bach as preachers, Ivor Keys
• the true foundation of our art - the symphonies, Robert Meikle
• the soul enshrined - Elgar and his violin concerto, Michael Kennedy
• ghostly stuff - the Brinkwells music, Ivor Keys
• music in the air - Elgar and the BBC, Ronald Taylor
• Elgar and the Irish dramatist, Percy M. Young
• Falstaff - Elgar's symphonic study, Christopher Kent
• first the noble Arthur, Robert Anderson
• Elgar's use of literature, Brian Trowell.

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Details

• NCID: BA21044245
• ISBN:
  • 0859679373
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Aldershot
• Pages/Volumes: xxviii, 368 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 780.92
• Subject Headings:
  • BLSH : Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934