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Letters of Ralph Vaughan Williams 1895-1958
- 作者: Vaughan Williams, Ralph,
- 其他作者: Cobbe, Hugh.
- 出版: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2010.
- 稽核項: xx, 679 p. :ill., music ;24 cm.
- 標題: Composers , Composers England -- Correspondence. , Vaughan Williams, Ralph, , Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 Correspondence.
- ISBN: 0199587647 , 9780199587643
- 附註: Originally published: 2008. 99年度教育部購置教學研究相關圖書儀器及設備計畫. Includes bibliographical references (p. [648]-650) and indexes.
- 系統號: 005036082
- 資料類型: 圖書
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The book comprises a selection of some 750 letters of the composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, selected from an extant corpus of about 3,300. The letters are arranged chronologically and have been chosen to provide a cumulative pen-picture of the composer in his own words. In general the lettersreflect VW's major preoccupations: musical, personal and political. It was not VW's way to discuss his inner creative processes but he does discuss his music, once it had been written: for example there is much to illustrate the process of 'washing the face' of his major pieces before, and after,they had reached the concert platform. There is correspondence with collaborators such as Gilbert Murray, Harold Child and Evelyn Sharpe who provided texts; with his publishers (mainly OUP) about printing scores and parts; with conductors such as Adrian Boult and John Barbirolli about performances.He was in regular correspondence with fellow composers such as Gustav Holst, George Butterworth, Gerald Finzi, Herbert Howells, John Ireland, Alan Bush and Rutland Boughton. There were his pupils: Elizabeth Maconchy and Cedric Thorpe Davie amongst others. A series of close personal friendships iswell represented: his Cambridge contemporary and cousin Ralph Wedgwood, Edward Dent, and latterly Michael Kennedy. Above all there are insights on his lifelong devotion to his first wife, Adeline, and his growing friendship with Ursula Wood, who was to become his second wife.
來源: Google Book
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