Vaughan Williams

By James Day

Book Overview

Revised and expanded, this book considers recent work on the life and music of this leading English composer. Day presents Vaughan Williams as a part of the great post-Romantic reactionary movement in the company of composers such as Debussy and Stravinsky. The author also demonstrates that the circumstances of Vaughan Williams' life are reflected in his wide-ranging, powerful, and intense music.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198166311
• ISBN13: 9780198166313
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"