Delius and the Sound of Place
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Music in Context
ISBN-10
1108455948
ISBN-13
9781108455947
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 29th, 2020
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
590 grams
Dimensions
16.90 x 24.40 x 2.30 cms
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This book examines the role of place in Delius' works, challenging existing views on their complex historical and musical contexts. It will appeal to readers familiar with Delius' music, and to those seeking a detailed guide to selected pieces, as well as those new to his work.
Few composers have responded as powerfully to place as Frederick Delius (1862–1934). Born in Yorkshire, Delius resided in the United States, Germany, and Scandinavia before settling in France, where he spent the majority of his professional career. This book examines the role of place in selected works, including ''On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring'', Appalachia, and The Song of the High Hills, reading place as a creative and historically mediated category in his music. Drawing on archival sources, contemporary art, and literature, and more recent writing in cultural geography and the philosophy of place, this is a new interpretation of Delius'' work, and he emerges as one of the most original and compelling voices in early twentieth-century music. As the popularity of his music grows, this book challenges the idea of Delius as a large-scale rhapsodic composer, and reveals a richer and more productive relationship between place and music.
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