1st Edition
Tonic to the Nation: Making English Music in the Festival of Britain
Contents
List of Figures and Tables 1
Acknowledgements 2
Introduction 3
- Old music…: British repertory in London 4
- …and new: Commissions and premieres 5
- On stage…: Festival opera productions 6
- …and off: The opera commissioning scheme 7
- This is our moment: National elements in Festival operas 8
Afterword 9
Appendix 1: British music performed in the London Season of the Arts 10
Appendix 2: Commissions and premieres in the Festival of Britain 11
Appendix 3: Timeline of the open opera commissioning scheme 12
Bibliography 13
Index 14
Biography
Nathaniel G. Lew is Associate Professor of Music at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont, USA.
"This book will be of great interest to musical, social and political historians as they seek to better understand the cultural implications of post-Second World War Britain, and the attempts made to mould an artistic response to the both the optimism and the hardships following the end of hostilities."
- John France, MusicWeb International
"...impressively-researched, compelling and highly useful addition to the literature about the Festival of Britain."
- Nicholas Clark, Britten–Pears Foundation in EuropeNow, September 2017
