Ralph Vaughan Williams : a discovery of his music / by Simona Pakenham
1957, 1st edition. London: Macmillan. Fine cloth copy in an edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #310719
Physical description: ix, 205 pages: portrait; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 194) and index. Contents: Discovery -- Exploration -- 1894-1922. Songs of Travel; On Wenlock Edge; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; The Wasps; Sea Symphony; Mystical Songs ; Hugh the Drover; The Lark Ascending; London Symphony; Four Hymns; Pastoral Symphony -- 1922-1935. Mass in G minor; Violin Concerto; Flos Campi; Sancta Civitas; Riders to the Sea; Sir John in Love; Benedicite; Job; Magnificat; Symphony in F minor -- 1936-1945. Dona Nobis Pacem; Five Tudor Portraits; Te Deum; Serenade to Music; Dives and Lazarus; Household Music; Symphony in D; Oboe Concerto; Thansgiving for Victory -- 1945-1956. Symphony in E minor; The Pilgrim's Progress; Oxford Elegy; Sinfonia Antartica; Coronation music; Tuba Concerto; Hodie; Symphony in D minor. Subjects: Vaughan Williams, Ralph 1872-1958. Composers; Biography. Composers. Music 20th century History and criticism. Biography. Vaughan Williams. Musicians. Vaughan Williams. Genre: Bibliography. Biographies.
Price: €48.00