Contributor
Grimley, Daniel M. editor.
ImprintCambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Description1 online resource (xix, 253 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Note:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
Note:Elgar and his British contemporaries / Jeremy Dibble -- Elgar and his publishers / Robert Anderson -- Magic by mosaic : some aspects of Elgar's compositional methods / Christopher Kent -- Elgar's musical language : the shorter instrumental works / Diana McVeagh -- The early choral works / Robin Holloway -- Elgar's later oratorios : Roman Catholicism, decadence and the Wagnerian dialectic of shame and grace / Byron Adams -- Roman Catholicism and being musically English : Elgar's church and organ music / John Butt -- 'A smiling with a sigh' : the chamber music and works for strings / Daniel M. Grimley -- In search of the symphony : orchestral music to 1908 / Julian Rushton -- The later orchestral music (1910-34) / Christopher Mark -- Elgar's unwumbling : the theatre music / J.P.E. Harper-Scott -- Elgar and recording / Timothy Day -- Broadcasting's ally : Elgar and the BBC / Jenny Doctor -- Elgar in German criticism / Aidan J. Thomson -- Functional music : imperialism, the Great War, and Elgar as popular composer / Charles Edward McGuire.
Note:Edward Elgar occupies a pivotal place in the British cultural imagination. His music has been heard as emblematic of Empire and the English landscape. The recent success of Anthony Payne's elaboration of the sketches for Elgar's Third Symphony has prompted a critical revaluation of his music. This Companion provides an accessible and vivid account of Elgar's work in its historical and cultural context. Established authorities on British music and scholars new in the field examine Elgar's music from a range of critical perspectives, including nationalism, post-colonialism, decadence, reception and musical influences. There are also chapters on interpretation, including his own (Elgar was the first major composer to commit a representative quantity of his own work to record), and on Elgar's relationships with the BBC and with his publishers. The book includes much new material, drawing on original research, as well as providing a comprehensive introduction to Elgar's major musical achievements.
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