Imperishable Heritage: British Choral Music from Parry to Dyson

Name: Imperishable Heritage: British Choral Music from Parry to Dyson
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Stephen Town's survey of choral music of the English Musical Renaissance is rooted in close examination of selected works by Vaughan Williams, Parry, Stanford, Finzi, Rubbra and Dyson. Town collates the substantial secondary literature on these composers, and brings to bear his own study of the autograph manuscripts. This close study of the sources allows Town to identify for the first time instances of similarity and imitation, continuities and connections between the works. > The rehabilitation of British music began with Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford. Ralph Vaughan Williams assisted in its emancipation from continental models, while Gerald Finzi, Edmund Rubbra and George Dyson flourished in its independence.\nStephen Town's survey of Choral Music of the English Musical Renaissance is rooted in close examination of selected works from these composers. Town collates the substantial secondary literature on these composers, and brings to bear his own study of the autog.