An imperishable heritage : British choral music from Parry to Dyson : a study of selected works /
Town, Stephen,1952-
Farnham : Ashgate,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hubert Parry and 'The Vision of Life' reconsidered: "And we are faint with longing to hear the message clearly" --  'Voces Clamantium' and 'Beyond These Voices There Is Peace': The embodiment of Parry's character polarities -- Two versions of 'The Three Holy Children' by Charles Stanford: Context, design, and extant scores -- 'Elegiac Ode' by Charles Stanford: an inspired setting, influential exemplar, and filial tribute -- 'Flos Campi' by Ralph Vaughan Williams: "From raw intimations to homogeneous experience" -- "The light we sought is shining still": 'An Oxford Elegy' by Ralph Vaughan Williams -- "So great a beauty on these English fields": 'Requiem da Camera' and Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) -- "The visionary gleam": Gerald Finzi, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and 'Intimations of immortality' -- Symphony No.9, 'Sinfonia Sacra' by Edmund Rubbra -- 'The Morning Watch', Op.55 by Edmund Rubbra -- "A home of unfading splendour": 'Quo Vadis' by George Dyson (1833-1964) -- George Dyson's 'Nebuchadnezzar' and the stimulus of Parry, Stanford, and Walton.
Choral music
Choral music