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Parry Before Jerusalem Studies of His Life and Music with Excerpts from His Published Writings

243 Pages

by Routledge

243 Pages

by Routledge

243 Pages

by Routledge

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First published in 1997, this volume demonstrates that through his activities as a composer, historian, lecturer and administrator, Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918) played a significant role in British music during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Yet despite his achievements, this century has for the most part neglected both Parry’s writings and his compositions; his name is remembered by... Read more

Part 1. Parry before Jerusalem. 1. Formulation of a Creative Personality. 2. Lady Maude. 3. The Ambivalent Road to Dr Parry and Sir Hubert. 4. ‘Beethoven’s business’ – Parry the Symphonic Composer. 5. What Shaw Understood. 6. ‘As befits an Englishman and a democrat’ – the Creation of a Modern Choral-Orchestral Tradition. 7. The Soul’s Ransom - Parry and the Ethical Cantata Concept. 8. The People who Knew Parry – and the People Parry Knew. 9. The Lat Journey to Jerusalem. Part 2. Selected Published Writings of Hubert Parry. 10. Contributions to Grove’s A Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Symphony. 11. Studies of Great Composers: Robert Schumann. 12. The Evolution of the Art of Music. 13. The Music of the Seventeenth Century. 14. Johann Sebastian Bach: the St Matthew Passion. 15. Style in Musical Art.