Constantly illuminating. JOHN STEANE, GRAMOPHONEThe composers in this book represent the outstanding songwriters from what we can now see as the golden age of English romantic song. As well as the major figures - Parry, Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Quilter, Ireland, Gurney, Warlock and Finzi - there are chapters on lesser-known composers, such as Denis Browne and Charles Orr. Detailed consideration is given to three songwriters who have suffered unaccountable neglect, Arthur Somervell, Armstrong Gibbs and Herbert Howells, and there are chapters on Elgar, Delius and Holst, whose reputations...
Constantly illuminating. JOHN STEANE, GRAMOPHONEThe composers in this book represent the outstanding songwriters from what we can now see as the golde...
