Arthur Sullivan: A Musical Reappraisal

by Benedict Taylor

Book Overview

Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) was Victorian Britain's most celebrated and popular composer, whose music to this day reaches a wider audience than that of any of his contemporaries. Yet the comic operas on which Sullivan's reputation is chiefly based have been consistently belittled or ignored by the British musicological establishment, while his serious works have until recently remained virtually unknown. The time is thus long overdue for scholarly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367231913
• ISBN13: 9780367231910
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"