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Composing history : national identities and the English masque revival, 1860-1920
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Composing history : national identities and the English masque revival, 1860-1920 / Deborah Heckert.
ISBN
9781783272075
1783272074
Publication
Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester : The Boydell Press, 2018.
Copyright Notice Date
© 2018
Physical Description
ix, 238 pages : illustrations, map, music ; 25 cm.
Summary
A study of the ways in which topics of English history were central to conceptions of English identity, musical and otherwise, during the Victorian and Edwardian periods.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 14, 2019
Series
Music in Britain, 1600-2000
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-233) and index.
Contents
Vaughan Williams, Stratford's masque and the wellsprings of England's music
'With revel dance and song': The Musical Image of History in the Victorian Masque
The Past speaks in English: Historiography and the Masque Revival
Making the Commonwealth a Harmony: The Masque, the Folk Revival and Pageant Culture
'The Heroic Past and the Earth his Mother': The Reticence of Reception and the Burden of Imperialism
'A typically English institution': The Masque after the First World War
Appendix One: Chronology of Masque Compositions during the 19th century
Appendix Two: Chronology of Masque Historiography prior to 1930
Appendix Three: Chronology of British Masque Compositions, 1901-1950
Appendix Four: Review of Pan's Anniversary from the Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, 28 April, 1905.
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