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Tonic to the nation : making English music in the Festival of Britain / Nathaniel G. Lew.

Title
Tonic to the nation : making English music in the Festival of Britain / Nathaniel G. Lew.
Author
Lew, Nathaniel Geoffrey
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge , 2017.

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Description
247 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
  • Festival of Britain
  • 1900 - 1999
  • Music > History > Great Britain > 20th century
  • Concerts > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Nationalism in music
  • Concerts
  • Music > Political aspects
  • Music > Social aspects
  • Nationalism in music
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
  • History
  • History.
Note
  • "An Ashgate book".
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Old music : British repertory in London -- And new : commissions and premieres -- On stage : festival opera productions -- And off : the opera commissioning scheme -- This is our moment : national elements in festival operas -- Appendix 1. British music performed in the London season of the arts -- Appendix 2. Commissions and premieres in the Festival of Britain -- Appendix 3. Timeline of the open opera commissioning scheme.
ISBN
  • 9781472458230
  • 1472458230
LCCN
^^2015043212
OCLC
953742327
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library