"Not of heroic build": the literate glee

Chris Price

"Not of heroic build": the literate glee

Chris Price

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A discussion of the ways in which composers set the remarkable varied texts of their poets. Some were written by the composers themselves; others used the words of some of Britain's finest wordsmiths. The results were a testament to the concern of this repertoire with appropriate word-setting, though sometimes - as in Horsley's "Lo, On Yon Long-Resounding Shore" - the music proved somewhat frail for the weight of the words it was asked to carry.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain - Duration: 10 Jul 2015 → …

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Conference	Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Period	10/07/15 → …

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