HYMNS AND ARIAS by Herbert, Trevor ISBN 0708316999
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In this collection, a group of musical enthusiasts assess the international careers of great Welsh soloists in the context of the national musical tradition. These individual careers are examined against the background of wider local traditions such as the Eisteddfod and male voice choirs.
The Welsh appreciate musical excellence, especially in singers, and proudly relate it to that nineteenth-century tradition in which the public performance of music was at the centre of urban life. In this volume of essays a group of musical enthusiasts assess the international careers of great Welsh soloists in the context of the national musical tradition. The particular talents, style, range and sheer show-biz appeal of each star will be evoked in the light of both critical and popular opinion internationally and in Wales itself. A particular feature of the book will be the way in which successful individual careers are examined against the background of wider local traditions such as the eisteddfed, religious festivals and male voice choirs. But Wales is not all chapels, eisteddfodau and choirs. There has been plenty of quality, popular entertainment too, and several essays will examine this. In recent years, historians have begun to explain the richness and sophistication of the Victorian and early twentieth-century musical scene in Wales. Now for the first time, writers will examine the way in which acclaimed singers have emerged out of that culture. The emphasis will be on the classical and operatic but the sheer variety and perpetually evolving nature of popular music in Wales will be reflected in general essays and in studies of two of the country's most successful entertainers.
[edit] Book Details
[edit] Title
HYMNS AND ARIAS
[edit] Author
Herbert, Trevor
[edit] ISBN
0708316999
[edit] Published
28/09/2001
[edit] Publisher
University of Wales Press
[edit] Binding
hardback
[edit] Retail Price
16.99 (GBP)
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16.99 (GBP)
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