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Author Saylor, Eric, author

Title English pastoral music : from Arcadia to Utopia, 1900-1955 / Eric Saylor
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 245 pages)
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 -- What is Pastoralism?; 2 -- Arcadia; 3 -- War; 4 -- Landscape; 5 -- Utopia; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary Covering works by popular figures like Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst as well as less familiar English composers, Eric Saylor's pioneering work examines pastoral music's critical, theoretical, and stylistic foundations alongside its creative manifestations in the contexts of Arcadia, war, landscape, and the Utopian imagination
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 12, 2017)
Subject Pastoral music (Secular) -- England -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Music -- England -- 20th century -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
MUSIC -- General.
Music
Pastoral music (Secular)
England
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017009152
ISBN 9780252099656
0252099656