Challenges : a series of controversial essays on music / by Ralph Hill ; with an introduction by John Ireland and an envoi by C. B. Rees

Hill, Ralph (1900-1950)

1943, 1st edition. London : J. Williams, limited. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #409231

Physical description; 104 pp. ; 17 cm. Contents; Some reflections on musical criticism -- The apotheosis of the plain man -- Composers as critics -- Gold and coal dust -- The cult of academicism -- The folk-song bubble -- Music of our time -- Foreign artists -- British music -- The spirit of French music -- Music-making: decline or revival? -- Fact and fiction about Brahms. Subject; Music History and criticism.

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