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A New English Music: Composers and Folk Traditions in England's Musical Renaissance from the Late 19th to the Mid-20th Century

By Tim Rayborn

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Paperback:

9780786496341 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, April 6, 2016, cover price $39.95

Thomas Tallis

Product Description: John Harley’s Thomas Tallis is the first full-length book to deal comprehensively with the composer’s life and works. Tallis entered the Chapel Royal in the middle of a long life, and remained there for over 40 years. During a colourful period of English history he famously served King Henry VIII and the three of Henry’s children who followed him to the throne...read more

By John Harley

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9781472428066 | Ashgate Pub Co, March 9, 2016, cover price $119.95 | About this edition: John Harley’s Thomas Tallis is the first full-length book to deal comprehensively with the composer’s life and works.

The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me: An Aristocratic Family, a High-society Scandal, and an Extraordinary Legacy

By Sofka Zinovieff

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9780062338945, titled "The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me: An Aristocratic Family, a High-society Scandal and an Extraordinary Legacy" | Harpercollins, March 31, 2015, cover price $35.00

Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot

Product Description: This is the first scholarly work to document the musical life of Joseph Holbrooke, one of Britainâs most prolific and controversial composers during the first half of the twentieth century. Holbrooke was outspoken on many issues, including the maligned fortunes of British composers, which he believed were brought about by apathy and indifference on the part of critics and the public...read more

By Anne-marie Forbes (editor)

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9780810888913 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, December 23, 2014, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: This is the first scholarly work to document the musical life of Joseph Holbrooke, one of Britainâs most prolific and controversial composers during the first half of the twentieth century.

The Advancement of Music in Enlightenment England: Benjamin Cooke and the Academy of Ancient Music

Product Description: This is a book guaranteed to make waves. It skilfully weaves the story of one key musical figure into the story of one key institution, which it then weaves into the general story of music in eighteenth-century England. Anyone reading it will come away with fresh knowledge and perceptions - plus a great urge to hear Cooke's music...read more

By Timothy Eggington

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9781843839064 | Boydell Pr, October 16, 2014, cover price $99.00 | About this edition: This is a book guaranteed to make waves.

Paperback:

9780373196395, titled "Baby on Board" | Harlequin Books, January 1, 2003, cover price $3.99 | also contains Baby on Board

Thomas Morley: Elizabethan Music Publisher

Product Description: The Renaissance composer and organist Thomas Morley (c.1557-1602) is best known as a leading member of the English Madrigal School, but he also built a significant business as a music publisher. This book looks at Morley's pioneering contribution to music publishing in England, inspired by an established music printing culture in continental Europe...read more

By Tessa Murray

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9781843839606 | Boydell Pr, July 17, 2014, cover price $99.00 | About this edition: The Renaissance composer and organist Thomas Morley (c.

The Theatre Career of Thomas Arne

Product Description: This book concerns the life and theatrical career of the great native-born English composer and musician of the eighteenth century, Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778). Its purpose is three-fold. First, it provides a comprehensive biography and account of the performance and publication of Arneâs works during his lifetime...read more

By Todd Gilman

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Hardcover:

9781611494365 | Univ of Delaware Pr, December 21, 2012, cover price $120.00

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9781611495447 | Univ of Delaware Pr, December 1, 2014, cover price $59.99 | About this edition: This book concerns the life and theatrical career of the great native-born English composer and musician of the eighteenth century, Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778).

Benjamin Britten: A Life for Music

By Neil Powell

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Hardcover:

9780805097740 | Henry Holt & Co, August 6, 2013, cover price $37.00

Paperback:

9781250048752 | Griffin, August 26, 2014, cover price $16.99

Constant Lambert: Beyond the Rio Grande

By Stephen Lloyd

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Hardcover:

9781843838982 | Boydell Pr, March 20, 2014, cover price $80.00

The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams

By Aidan J. Thompson (editor)

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9780521197687 | Cambridge Univ Pr, December 16, 2013, cover price $94.99

The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams

Product Description: An icon of British national identity and one of the most widely performed twentieth-century composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams has been misunderstood as much as he had been revered; his international impact and enduring influence on areas as diverse as church music, film scores and popular music has been insufficiently appreciated...read more

By Aidan J. Thomson (editor)

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9780521162906 | Cambridge Univ Pr, December 16, 2013, cover price $34.99 | About this edition: An icon of British national identity and one of the most widely performed twentieth-century composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams has been misunderstood as much as he had been revered; his international impact and enduring influence on areas as diverse as church music, film scores and popular music has been insufficiently appreciated.

Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century

By Paul Kildea

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Hardcover:

9781846142321 | Penguin Global, July 17, 2013, cover price $45.00

The Legacy of Cornelius Cardew

By Tony Harris

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Hardcover:

9781409448105 | Ashgate Pub Co, April 28, 2013, cover price $149.95

Byrd

By Kerry Mccarthy

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Hardcover:

9780195388756 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 8, 2013, cover price $41.95

Robert Simpson: Composer- Essays, Interviews, Recollections

Product Description: Robert Simpson (1921-1997) was a composer whose thinking was sometimes alarmingly uncompromising. In times when "avant-garde" forms were considered to be of central importance to the progress of music, he continued his beliefs of a continuous tradition unwaveringly...read more

By Angela Simpson (foreword by)

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9783487150031 | Olms George, January 1, 2013, cover price $105.00 | About this edition: Robert Simpson (1921-1997) was a composer whose thinking was sometimes alarmingly uncompromising.

The Life and Music of Eric Coates

Product Description: Eric Coates (1886-1957) is perhaps the most familiar name associated with British light music. Sir Charles Groves said that 'his music crackled with enthusiasm and vitality. He could write tunes and clothe them in the most attractive musical colours'...read more

By Michael Payne

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9781409434085 | Ashgate Pub Co, May 1, 2012, cover price $149.95 | About this edition: Eric Coates (1886-1957) is perhaps the most familiar name associated with British light music.

The Harmonious Musick of John Jenkins I: The Fantasias for Viols

By Andrew Ashbee

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9780907689355, titled "The Harmonious Musick of John Jenkins: The Fantasias for Viols" | Toccata Pr, April 23, 2010, cover price $34.95

Purcell

Product Description: Celebrating its 100th anniversary, this extraordinary series continues to amaze and captivate its readers with detailed insight into the lives and work of music's geniuses. Unlike other composer biographies that focus narrowly on the music, this series explores the personal history of each composer and the social context surrounding the music...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By J. A. Westrup

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9780460031776 | Rev sub edition (J M Dent & Sons Ltd, May 1, 1980), cover price $11.00 | About this edition: Celebrating its 100th anniversary, this extraordinary series continues to amaze and captivate its readers with detailed insight into the lives and work of music's geniuses.

Paperback:

9780198165460 | Oxford Univ Pr, January 8, 2001, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Celebrating its 100th anniversary, this extraordinary series continues to amaze and captivate its readers with detailed insight into the lives and work of music's geniuses.

The Harmonious Musick of John Jenkins the Fantasias for Viols

Product Description: John Jenkins (1592-1678) was both the most prolific and most esteemed of English composers between the death of Byrd and the rise of Purcell. During his long life he was employed as a resident musician in East Anglian noble households and became a court musician to Charles II in his later years...read more

By Andrew Ashbee

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9780907689348, titled "The Harmonious Musick of John Jenkins: The Fantasias for Viols" | Toccata Pr, January 1, 1992, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: John Jenkins (1592-1678) was both the most prolific and most esteemed of English composers between the death of Byrd and the rise of Purcell.

John Ireland: The Man and His Music

By M. Searle

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Hardcover:

9780859361903 | Hippocrene Books, June 1, 1983, cover price $11.95

Henry Purcell, 1659-1695: His Life and Times