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Tonic to the nation : making English music in the Festival of Britain /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lew, Nathaniel Geoffrey (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Subjects:
Music > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Music > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Concerts > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Nationalism in music.
Festival of Britain > (1951 : > Great Britain)
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.