Music in Twentieth-Century Oxford: New Directions (eBook)

Robin Darwall-Smith, Susan Wollenberg (Herausgeber)

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2023
278 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80010-976-6 (ISBN)

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The first book-length study of musical education and culture in twentieth-century Oxford.Music has always played a central role in the life of Oxford, in both the city and university, through the great collegiate choral foundations, the many amateur choirs and instrumentalists, and the professional musicians regularly drawn to perform there. Oxford, with its collegiate system and centuries-long tradition of musical activity, presents a distinctive and multi-layered picture of the role of music in urban culture and university life. The chapters in this book shed light on music's unique ability to link 'town and gown', as shown by the Oxford Bach Choir, the city's many churches, and the major choral foundations. The twentieth century saw the emergence of new musical initiatives and the book traces the development of these, including the University's Faculty of Music and the University Opera Club. Further, it explores music in the newly-founded women's colleges, contrasted with the musical society formed in 1930 at University College, an ancient men's college. The work of Oxford composers, including George Butterworth, Nicola Lefanu, Edmund Rubbra, and William Walton, as well as the composer for several 'Carry on' films, Bruce Montgomery, is surveyed. Two remarkable figures, Sir Hugh Allen and Sir Jack Westrup, recur throughout the book in a variety of contexts. The volume is indispensable reading for scholars and students of musical life in twentieth-century Britain, as well as those interested generally in the history of Oxford's thriving cultural life.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.4.2023
• Co-Autor: Michael Burden, John Caldwell, Eric Clarke, Robin Darwall-Smith, Timothy Day, Melanie von Goldbeck, Peter Ward Jones, Ian Maxwell, Susan Wollenberg
• Zusatzinfo: 24 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Schlagworte: Choral Foundations • Edmund Rubbra • Kenneth Leighton • musical education • Music Faculty • Oxford and Cambridge Musical Club • Oxford Bach Choir • Oxford University Opera Club • professional musicians • Ralph Vaughan Williams • Robert Saxton • Urban Culture • Walford Davies
• ISBN-10: 1-80010-976-8 / 1800109768
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80010-976-6 / 9781800109766