British Musical Criticism and Intellectual Thought, 1850–1950

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Volume 19
Edited by Jeremy Dibble, Julian Horton

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: July 2019
Print publication year:: 2018
Online ISBN:: 9781787442801
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787442801

Subjects:: Music, Music: General Interest
Series:: Music in Britain, 1600-1900

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This collection provides an in-depth look at musical criticism between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth century.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Dedication
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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List of Contributors
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Trends in British Musical Thought, 1850–1950
pp 1-8
- By Jeremy Dibble, Durham University., Julian Horton, Durham University.
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1 - Avoiding ‘Coarse Invective’ and ‘Unseemly Vehemence’: English Music Criticism, 1850–1870
pp 9-37
- By Peter Horton, Durham University.
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2 - Spencer, Sympathy and the Oxford School of Music Criticism
pp 38-63
- By Bennett Zon, Durham University Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies and a Director of the International Network for Music Theology.
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3 - Free Thought and the Musician: Ernest Walker, the ‘English Hanslick’
pp 64-83
- By Jeremy Dibble, Durham University.
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4 - Ernest Newman and the Promise of Method in Biography, Criticism and History
pp 84-101
- By Paul Watt, Monash University.
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5 - ‘Making Symphony Articulate’: Bernard Shaw's Sense of Music History
pp 102-122
- By Harry White, University College Dublin, and a Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
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6 - Analysis and Value Judgement: Schumann, Bruckner and Tovey's Essays in Musical Analysis
pp 123-153
- By Julian Horton, Durham University.
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7 - The Scholar as Critic: Edward J. Dent
pp 154-173
- By Karen Arrandale, recently completed the first substantial biography of Edward J. Dent, a project which took over ten years.
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8 - Russia and Eastern Europe
pp 174-198
- By Philip Ross Bullock, University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor in Russian at Wadham College.
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9 - Anti-Intellectualism and the Rhetoric of ‘National Character’ in Music: The Vulgarity of Over-Refinement
pp 199-234
- By Sarah Collins, University of Western Australia.
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10 - Chosen Causes: Writings on Music by Bernard van Dieren, Peter Warlock and Cecil Gray
pp 235-254
- By Séamas de Barra, University of Notre Dame, and to which he contributed the first volume on Aloys Fleischmann in 2006.
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11 - ‘Es klang so alt und war doch so neu’: Vaughan Williams, Aesthetics and History
pp 255-277
- By Aidan J. Thomson, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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12 - Constant Lambert: A Critic for Today? A Commentary on Music Ho!
pp 278-303
- By Christopher Mark, University of Surrey.
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13 - The Challenge to Goodwill: Herbert Howells, Alban Berg and ‘The Modern Problem’
pp 304-327
- By Jonathan Clinch, Royal College of Music.
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14 - Hans Keller: The Making of an ‘Anti-Critic’
pp 328-344
- By Patrick Zuk, Durham University and a specialist in Russian and Irish music and cultural history.
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pp 345-364
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of Illustrations
pp ix-x

List of Contributors
pp xi-xiv

Acknowledgements
pp xv-xvi

Introduction: Trends in British Musical Thought, 1850–1950
pp 1-8

1 - Avoiding ‘Coarse Invective’ and ‘Unseemly Vehemence’: English Music Criticism, 1850–1870
pp 9-37

2 - Spencer, Sympathy and the Oxford School of Music Criticism
pp 38-63

3 - Free Thought and the Musician: Ernest Walker, the ‘English Hanslick’
pp 64-83

4 - Ernest Newman and the Promise of Method in Biography, Criticism and History
pp 84-101

5 - ‘Making Symphony Articulate’: Bernard Shaw's Sense of Music History
pp 102-122

6 - Analysis and Value Judgement: Schumann, Bruckner and Tovey's Essays in Musical Analysis
pp 123-153

7 - The Scholar as Critic: Edward J. Dent
pp 154-173

8 - Russia and Eastern Europe
pp 174-198

9 - Anti-Intellectualism and the Rhetoric of ‘National Character’ in Music: The Vulgarity of Over-Refinement
pp 199-234

10 - Chosen Causes: Writings on Music by Bernard van Dieren, Peter Warlock and Cecil Gray
pp 235-254

11 - ‘Es klang so alt und war doch so neu’: Vaughan Williams, Aesthetics and History
pp 255-277

12 - Constant Lambert: A Critic for Today? A Commentary on Music Ho!
pp 278-303

13 - The Challenge to Goodwill: Herbert Howells, Alban Berg and ‘The Modern Problem’
pp 304-327

14 - Hans Keller: The Making of an ‘Anti-Critic’
pp 328-344

Select Bibliography
pp 345-364

Index
pp 365-372

Titles listed here were originally published
pp 373-374

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