Music Analysis in Britain in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain) (Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain) (Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781840142730
Subjects: Western music: periods & styles; c 1800 to c 1900; Instruction & Study - Appreciation; History; Music/Songbooks; Music; British Isles; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Great Britain; History & Criticism - General; 19th century; 20th century; History and criticism; Musical analysis
First sentence: The well-known maxim 'das Land ohne Musik', often erroneously attributed to Brahms, offers an apposite description of the perception of Britain in the nineteenth century by her continental neighbours, for the thriving culture she had enjoyed in the Renaissance had remained largely unchallenged until the birth of the movement generally known as the English musical renaissance in the closing years of the nineteenth century.