Vaughan Williams: Composer, Patriot, Radical - A Biography

Vaughan Williams: Composer, Patriot, Radical - A Biography
Keith Alldritt
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Paperback
h234 x 156mm - 384pg
26 Aug 2019 UK
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9780719830013
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This ground-breaking biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams reveals more than any other the man behind the music. The author examines the considerable range of Vaughan Williams' work, from the English pastoral tradition to Modernism, and shows how Vaughan Williams was influenced by the Boer War, the economic depression after the First World War, the deprivations of the Blitz, and the austerity of the Cold War. He also reveals how the greatest influence on Vaughan Williams's music and creative development was his personal life, including his seemingly secure marriage and an equally enduring love affair. The author shows how these reflected both the stability and cutting-edge aspects of his music. Like a great symphony, this book ranges from doubt to inspiration. It is the most complete biography of one of Britain's greatest composers.
Keith Alldritt was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He has taught at universities in Europe and North America. His books include studies of Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Orwell, W.D. Yeats, D.H. Lawrence, and the music of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780719830013
Published: 26 Aug 2019
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: The Crowood Press
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 384

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