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Author:   Meirion Hughes ,  Professor Bennett Zon
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9780754605881

ISBN 10:   0754605884
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   18 April 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Part 1: Watchmen and Watchtowers: I.The Times: J.W. Davison: 'musical politician'; Francis Hueffer: stranger as sentinel; J.A. Fuller Maitland: 'doorkeeper of music'; H.C. Colles; 2.The Daily Telegraph: Joseph Bennet: ’patriarch and head of the profession’; Robin Legge; 3. The Athenaeum: Henry F. Chorley: critic as patron; Campbell Clarke; Charles Gruneisen; Ebenezer Prout and Henry Frost; John Shedlock; 4. The Musical Times: J. Alfred Novello: a look-out for profit; Henry Lunn takes command; W.A. Barrett and E.F. Jacques; Frederick G. Edwards; W.G. McNaught; Part 2: The Watched: 5. Sullivan - ’Jumbo of the moment’: Lost leader?; ’Risking comparison with great men’; ’A love of the stage’; 6. Parry - ’English master’: ’Wild oats’; ’Legitimate husbandry’; 7. Elgar - 'self-made' composer: ’A local musician’; Passing the rubicon; ’Man of the hour’; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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'...a significant work, do acquire the book if your interest is high on the subject.' The Delian 'This is an important and pioneering study, breaking substantially new ground...' The Elgar Society Journal '... meticulously amassed evidence...' BBC Music Magazine

'...a significant work, do acquire the book if your interest is high on the subject.' The Delian 'This is an important and pioneering study, breaking substantially new ground...' The Elgar Society Journal '... meticulously amassed evidence...' BBC Music Magazine

Author Information

Meirion Hughes, a freelance historian, co-authored (with R.A. Stradling) The English Musical Renaissance 1860-1940: Construction and Deconstruction (1993), a volume which has appeared in a revised edition as The English Musical Renaissance 1840-1940: Constructing a National Music (2001). He contributed essays on Elgar to Music and the Politics of Culture (1989), on Rossini to Conflict and Coexistence (1997), and has written and presented several broadcasts for BBC Radio 3.

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