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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Watt, Paul (1969-....)
Titre(s) : Ernest Newman [Texte imprimé] : a critical biography / Paul Watt
Publication : Woodbridge [GB] : The Boydell press, 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVII-253 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Music in Britain, 1600-2000
Lien à la collection : Music in Britain, 1600-2000
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 221-245
Ernest Newman (1868-1959) left an indelible mark on British musical criticism in a
career spanning more than seventy years. His magisterial Life of Richard Wagner, published
in four volumes between 1933 and 1946, is regarded as his crowning achievement, but
Newman wrote many other influential books and essays on a variety of subjects ranging
from early music to Schoenberg. In this book, the geneses of Newman's major publications
are examined in the context of prevailing intellectual trends in history, criticism
and biography. Newman's career as a writer is traced across a wide range of subjects
including English and French literature, evolutionary theory and biographical method,
and French, German and Russian music. Underpinning many of these works is Newman's
preoccupation with rationalism and historical method. By examining particular sets
of writings such as composer-biographies and essays from leading newspapers such as
the Manchester Guardian and the Sunday Times, this book illustrates the ways in which
Newman's work was grounded in late nineteenth-century intellectual paradigms that
made him a unique and at times controversial figure
Sujet(s) : Newman, Ernest (1868-1959)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-78327-190-0 (rel.). - ISBN 1783271906 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45568874z
Notice n° :
FRBNF45568874
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