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The English Musical Renaissance and the Press 1850-1914: Watchmen of Music

By: Meirion Hughes

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The English Musical Renaissance and the Press 1850-1914: Watchmen of Music

By: Meirion Hughes

The importance of nineteenth-century writing about culture has long been accepted by scholars, yet so far as music criticism is concerned, Victorian England has been an area of scholarly neglect. This state of affairs is all the more surprising given that the quantity of such criticism in the Victorian and Edwardian press was vast, much of it displaying a richness and diversity of critical perspectives. Through the study of music criticism from several key newspapers and journals (specifically The Times, Daily Telegraph, Athenaeum and The Musical Times), this book examines the reception history of new English music in the period surveyed and assesses its cultural, social and political, importance. Music critics projected and promoted English composers to create a national music of which England could be proud. J A Fuller Maitland, critic on The Times, described music journalists as 'watchmen on the walls of music', and Meirion Hughes extends this metaphor to explore their crucial role in building and safeguarding what came to be known as the English Musical Renaissance. Part One of the book looks at the critics in the context of the publications for which they worked, while Part Two focuses on the relationship between the watchmen-critics and three composers: Arthur Sullivan, Hubert Parry and Edward Elgar. Hughes argues that the English Musical Renaissance was ultimately a success thanks largely to the work of the critics. In so doing, he provides a major re-evaluation of the impact of journalism on British music history.

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Routledge

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1351544845

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English Musical Renaissance, 1840-1940

By: Meirion Hughes,R. A. Stradling

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English Musical Renaissance, 1840-1940

By: Meirion Hughes,R. A. Stradling

This controversial study isolates and identifies the intellectual, social, and political assumptions which surrounded English music in the early-20th century. The authors deconstruct the established meanings of music in this period, arguing that music was not just for the elite, but it had come to represent a stronghold of national values, reflecting the reassuring "Englishness" of middle-class life as well.

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Manchester University Press

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0719058309

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9780719058301

Stopio'r Byd am Funud Fach

By: Rhys Meirion

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Stopio'r Byd am Funud Fach

By: Rhys Meirion

Hunangofiant y canwr adnabyddus Rhys Meirion, sy'n datgelu hanes ei daith i frig y byd canu.

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Y Lolfa

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1784610801

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9781784610807

The Last Days of Innocence

America at War, 1917-1918

By: Meirion Harries,Susie Harries

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The Last Days of Innocence

America at War, 1917-1918

By: Meirion Harries,Susie Harries

In the Spring of 1917, America went to war with an innocent determination to re-make the world. When the smoke lifted in November 1918, the nation emerged with its sense of purpose shattered, its certainties shaken, and with a new and unwelcome self-knowledge. Seventy-five thousand American soldiers were dead, and back home a Pandora's box of suspicions and surveillance had been opened. The Last Days of Innocence reveals how the fight to preserve freedom abroad led to the erosion of freedom at home. Drawing on American, British, and French archival material, the authors reveal unplanned and uncoordinated field efforts, as well as the unsavory activities of anti-dissent groups, from the Committee for Public Information to the Anti-Yellow Dog League, including a posse of children organized to listen for antiwar talk among families and friends. Here is the story of the fifty-billion-dollar war that gave birth to the Selective Service Act, threatened labor rights, stoked the fires of racial and religious intolerance, and concentrated the nation's wealth into fewer hands than ever before. The Last Days of Innocence tells the untold story of the war that rudely thrust Americans into an uncertain future--a war whose effects remain with us today. "Well-crafted in every way...a vivid and authoritative history."--Cleveland Plain Dealer "A neatly plaited narrative...rich in detail. A splendid history."--Washington Times

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Vintage

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0679743766

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9780679743767

Surface and Defect Properties of Solids

By: Meirion Wyn Roberts,J. M. Thomas

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Surface and Defect Properties of Solids

By: Meirion Wyn Roberts,J. M. Thomas

Annotation Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical research. Written by experts in their specialist fields the series creates a unique service for the active research chemist, supplying regular critical in-depth accounts of progress in particular areas of chemistry. For over 90 years The Royal Society of Chemistry and its predecessor, the Chemical Society, have been publishing reports charting developments in chemistry, which originally took the form of Annual Reports. However, by 1967 the whole spectrum of chemistry could no longer be contained within one volume and the series Specialist Periodical Reports was born. The Annual Reports themselves still existed but were divided into two, and subsequently three, volumes covering Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry. For more general coverage of the highlights in chemistry they remain a 'must'. Since that time the SPR series has altered according to the fluctuating degree of activity in various fields of chemistry. Some titles have remained unchanged, while others have altered their emphasis along with their titles; some have been combined under a new name whereas others have had to be discontinued. The current list of Specialist Periodical Reports can be seen on the inside flap of this volume.

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412

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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0851863000

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9780851863009

Atom Resolved Surface Reactions

Nanocatalysis

By: Philip Rosser Davies,Meirion Wynn Roberts

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Atom Resolved Surface Reactions

Nanocatalysis

By: Philip Rosser Davies,Meirion Wynn Roberts

This book offers a unique perspective of the impact of scanning probe microscopies on our understanding of the chemistry of the surface at the nanoscale. Research oriented, with the concepts gleaned from Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy being related to the more established and accepted views in surface chemistry and catalysis the authors have addresses the question "How do the models based on classical spectroscopic and kinetic studies stand up to scrutiny at the atom - resolved level?". In taking this approach the reader, new to the field of surface chemistry, should be able to obtain a perspective on how the evidence from STM confirms or questions long standing tenets. An emphasis is given to "how did we get to where we are now" and a large number of figures from the literature are included along with suggestions for further reading. Topics discussed include: - the dynamics of oxygen chemisorption at metal surfaces - control of oxygen states and surface reconstruction - dissociative chemisorption of diatomic and hydrocarbon molecules - nanoparticles and chemical reactivity - STM at high pressures - structural studies of sulfur containing molecules and molecular templating This book will appeal to all those who wish to become familiar with the contribution Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy has made to the understanding of the field of surface chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis and also to those who are new to catalysis, a fascinating and important area of chemistry.

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240

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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0854042695

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9780854042692

The Celtic Vision

By: John Meirion Morris

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The Celtic Vision

By: John Meirion Morris

A new, Revolutionary analysis of Celtic art, Emphasising its spiritual purpose and social function; highly readable and fully illustrated.

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0862436354

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English Musical Renaissance, 1840-1940

By: Meirion Hughes,R. A. Stradling

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By: Meirion Hughes,R. A. Stradling

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Liszt's 'Chopin': A New Edition

By: Meirion Hughes

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Liszt's 'Chopin': A New Edition

By: Meirion Hughes

Passionate and pioneering, Liszt’s biography of Chopin flaunts its author’s celebrity while straddling the divide between the scholarly and the popular. In this volume, Meirion Hughes combines a new translation of the first edition with an introduction that places the work in its cultural and political context. In his introduction, Hughes explores the complex relationship between the two composers, the highly charged political context in which the book was written, and the discourse of cultural nationalism and progressivism that dominates content. He argues that Chopin was more than a tribute to an erstwhile friend, but rather a polemic of national music rooted in the politics of that "year of revolutions," 1848-9. Hughes remains faithful to the original while putting clarity before strict adherence to what is, by general agreement, a quirky text. Controversial in its approach, Liszt’s 'Chopin' challenges the long-held view of the memoir as a lightweight, inaccurate portrait of its subject, but rather as one of the most important and daring musical biographies of the nineteenth century.

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0719083516

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9780719083518

The English Musical Renaissance and the Press, 1850-1914

Watchmen of Music

By: Meirion Hughes

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Watchmen of Music

By: Meirion Hughes

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The English Musical Renaissance and the Press 1850-1914: Watchmen of Music

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Liszt's 'Chopin': A New Edition

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