
A New English Music
by Tim Rayborn, Foreword by Em Marshall-Luck
Composers, biographyComposers, great britainMusic, british, history and criticismFolk music, history and criticismComposersBiographyMusicHistory and criticism
"This book focuses on the lives of seven composers--Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, George Butterworth, Ernest Moeran, Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock), Gerald Finzi and Percy Grainger--whose work was influenced by folk songs and early music. Each chapter provides historical background and tells the fascinating story of a musical life"--
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Book data: Open Library