| Studies of Great Composers Contributor(s): Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108004067 ISBN-13: 9781108004060 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 780.922 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection: Music (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.15 lbs) 412 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918), knighted in 1902 for his services to music, was a distinguished composer, conductor and musicologist. In the first of these roles he is best known for his settings of Blake's 'Jerusalem' and the coronation anthem 'I was glad'. He was an enthusiastic teacher and proselytiser of music, believing strongly in its ability to widen and deepen the experience of Man. This survey of European composers from Palestrina to Wagner was intended for the interested amateur, and begins with a rapid and somewhat dismissive survey of European music up to the Renaissance: each composer subsequently discussed is placed in the context of his time, and in a vigorously expressed conclusion, Parry argues for an aesthetic which recognises that some composers are great, others second-rate and yet others downright bad, and that it is essential that the listening public is able to make this distinction. |
