Overview
Sir Hubert Parry was one of Britain's most creative and influential musicians, and a key architect of the English Musical Renaissance. This is a major reappraisal of Parry, both of his life and his vast legacy of compositions. Well known for three enduringly popular works--Blest Pair of Sirens, I was Glad, and Jerusalem, almost an unofficial national anthem--Parry has long been presented as a paternal, establishment figure, an image reinforced by a number of popular photographs. Yet Parry's personality was infinitely more complex, as Jeremy Dibble makes clear. Drawing on a wealth of documentary evidence made available for the first time, he is able to draw a detailed portrait of a radical, energetic, yet hypersensitive and lonely man, locked in an unhappy marriage, and in fact a living contradiction of the stereotypical Victorian gentleman. In the course of this, the composer's relationships and friendships, his beliefs, and interactions with other composers emerge with clarity. Dibble also charts Parry's development as a composer, and presents a detailed examination of his works illustrated with a number of musical examples. The book contains a complete list of works and is illustrated with 33 plates.
Full Product Details
Author: Jeremy Dibble (Head of Department and Lecturer in Music, University of Durham)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Clarendon Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 23.20cm
Weight: 0.835kg
ISBN: 9780198167020
ISBN 10: 0198167024
Pages: 570
Publication Date: 26 March 1998
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This book fills a real gap, and will be a standard reference work for years to come. David Mellor, Daily Telegraph Jeremy Dibble has comprehensively filled a major gap in the documentation of the English musical renaissance with this full-scale study of the life and music of Sir Hubert Parry, a book that was long overdue and has been eagerly awaited. It is no disappointment. Mr Dibble has blown away for ever the received image of the composer of Jerusalem ... He has done it not with pretentious psychologising but with the evidence ... his value judgements are shrewd and make one eager to hear more of the music. Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph
This book fills a real gap, and will be a standard reference work for years to come. David Mellor, Daily Telegraph Jeremy Dibble has comprehensively filled a major gap in the documentation of the English musical renaissance with this full-scale study of the life and music of Sir Hubert Parry, a book that was long overdue and has been eagerly awaited. It is no disappointment. Mr Dibble has blown away for ever the received image of the composer of Jerusalem ... He has done it not with pretentious psychologising but with the evidence ... his value judgements are shrewd and make one eager to hear more of the music. Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph
Author Information
Jeremy Dibble is Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Durham.
