Debating English Music in the Long Nineteenth Century

by John Ling

Throughout the nineteenth century a fierce debate about the future of English music was raging in Britain. Just as English music was appearing to advance in quality, the impact of Richard Wagner altered the course of the debate. Alarmed at the Wagnerian influence on English composers, critics expressed relief when that influence appeared to abate, and then presented English music as the antidote to Wagnerian decadence. However, the optimism that England...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783276169
• ISBN13: 9781783276165
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"