tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807018700599489326.post6492943169540762123..comments2024-03-24T07:52:17.996+00:00Comments on British Classical Music: The Land of Lost Content: Thomas Dunhill: Sea-Music, Monthly Musical Record July 2 1917 Part 2John Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11661182422946581010noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807018700599489326.post-85773410249074691812017-10-26T12:13:15.588+01:002017-10-26T12:13:15.588+01:00If there is one piece of music that evokes images ...If there is one piece of music that evokes images of standing on a Cornish cliff then it has to be Frank Bridge suite The Sea. Simply superbbazmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04199513335716414517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807018700599489326.post-58635617618516326542017-10-16T15:54:01.014+01:002017-10-16T15:54:01.014+01:00I'd recommend trying to track down a copy Bern...I'd recommend trying to track down a copy Bernard Shore's book, the final section of the book is the authors opinions on Elgar's 2nd Symphony, Vaughn William's 2nd Symphony, Holst's Planets Suite, Bax's 3rd Symphony and Walton's 1st Symphony. They make for some interesting reading as the short segment I quoted on 'Mars' shows.Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807018700599489326.post-18369523339531649142017-10-10T05:21:50.691+01:002017-10-10T05:21:50.691+01:00Thanks for that!
JThanks for that! <br />JJohn Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11661182422946581010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807018700599489326.post-12956474771564122452017-10-09T12:32:47.267+01:002017-10-09T12:32:47.267+01:00Dunhill's remarks about Impressionist composer...Dunhill's remarks about Impressionist composers reminded me of something that I had read in an old book (Bernard Shore's "Sixteen Symphonies" , 1950) that I had picked up recently, in discussing Holst's "The Planets", he made this comment about the Romantics when writing about the use of rhythm in 'Mars'.<br /><br />"Romance is fain to escape into a world that the world's not. It dreams of indulgent passions and impractical wanderings, and prefers to shut its ears to sounds that compel obedience of the body in disregard of the soul's longings ... The rude facts of existence and social responsibilities were blotted out by clouds of hallucinatory beauty."<br /><br />Now I begin to have some idea where it came from.Grahamnoreply@blogger.com