The Sea in the British Musical Imagination

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The Sea in the British Musical Imagination

Edited by: Eric Saylor and Christopher Scheer
With contributions by: Aidan Thomson , Alyson McLamore , Amanda Eubanks Winkler , Byron Adams , Charles Edward McGuire , Christopher Scheer , Eric Saylor , Frances Wilkins , James Brooks Kuykendall , Jennifer Oates , Jenny Doctor , Justin Vickers and Louis Niebur

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2015

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For centuries, the sea and those who sail upon it have inspired the imaginations of British musicians.

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Music Music, general

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Tables and Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Musical Examples Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xviii
Introduction: Behold the Sea Eric Saylor and Christopher M. Scheer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
The Sea as Geography
1 ‘Britannia Rule the Waves’: Maritime Music and National Identity in Eighteenth-Century Britain Alyson McLamore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
2 Scotland, the ‘Celtic North,’ and the Sea: Issues of Identity in Bantock’s Hebridean Symphony (1915) Jennifer Oates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	31
3 Sea Change: A Meditation upon Frank Bridge’s Lament: To Catherine, Aged 9, ‘Lusitania’ 1915 Byron Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	51
4 Crosscurrents in the Britten Legacy: Two Visions of Aldeburgh Christopher M. Scheer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
The Sea as Profession
5 ‘Come away, fellow sailors’: Musical Characterization of the Nautical Profession in Seventeenth-Century England Amanda Eubanks Winkler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	81
6 Jolly Jack Tar: Musical Caricature and Characterization of the British Sailor, c. 1875–1925 James Brooks Kuykendall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	105
7 Fishers of Men: Maritime Radio and Evangelical Hymnody in the Scottish Fishing Industry, 1950–65 Frances Wilkins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
8 Amanuensis of the Sea: Peter Maxwell Davies’s Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 and the Antarctic Symphony Justin Vickers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
The Sea as Metaphor
9 Three Journeys, Two Paths: Locating the Lyric and Dramatic in Elgar’s Sea Pictures Charles Edward McGuire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
10 Political Visions, National Identities, and the Sea Itself: Stanford and Vaughan Williams in 1910 Eric Saylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	205
11 Bax’s ‘Sea Symphony’ Aidan J. Thomson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	225
12 ‘Close your eyes and listen to it’: Special Sound and the Sea in BBC Radio Drama, 1957–59 Louis Niebur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
Afterword: Channelling the Swaying Sound of the Sea Jenny Doctor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	279

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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

eBook published on:

December 17, 2015

eBook ISBN:

9781782046950

Original publisher:

Boydell Press

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Main content:

306

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7 b/w, 68 line illus.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782046950

eBook ISBN: 9781782046950

Keywords for this book

Sea; British musicians; maritime imagery; cultural tropes; musicology; history; British studies; cultural studies; English literature; landscape; profession; metaphor; Purcell; Arne; Sullivan; Vaughan Williams; Davies; BBC; Scottish fishing industry; Aldeburgh Festival

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Professional and scholarly;

The Sea in the British Musical Imagination

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