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 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 presents a 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 wth 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.

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Author:   Jeremy Dibble
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   1.180kg
ISBN:  

9780193153301

ISBN 10:   0193153300
Pages:   570
Publication Date:   01 August 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

"Part 1 1848-1872 - the early years: antecendents and childhood; Eton; Oxford; London and marriage. Part 2 1872-1886 - years of struggle: Dannreuther - emancipation; stylistic experimentation; ""Prometheus Unbound"" - depression and resolve; Grove and the Royal College of Music; ""Guenever"" - despair and bitterness. Part 3 1887-1897 - years of reason: ""Blest Pair of Sirens"" - national prominence; dilemma - the response to public demand; climax - directorhip of the Royal College of Music. Part 4 1889-1918 - decline: knighthood - philosophical introspections, the ""ethical"" Oratorio; breakdown in health - resignation; Indian summer - symphonic renewal; war, sadness and death. Appendices: genealogical tree; list of works."

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