This book constitutes both a study and a historical musicological analysis of Sir William Walton's Violin Concerto, treating the form of the violin concerto in general in England, as it developed between 1900 and 1940, taking into consideration the works of Charles Villiers Stanford, Edward Elgar, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Frederick Delius, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arthur Somervell, Arnold Bax and Benjamin Britten.
The study is divided into three parts:
- The Violin Concerto in England between 1900-1920: Stanford, Elgar, Coleridge-Taylor, Delius.
- The Violin Concerto in England...
This book constitutes both a study and a historical musicological analysis of Sir William Walton's Violin Concerto, treating the form of the violin co...