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Tables of Contents for The Oxford History of English Music
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Plates
xiv
1
List of Tables
xv
1
List of Musical Examples
xvi
5
Abbreviations
xxi
2
Author's Note
xxiii
1. HANDEL AND HIS ENGLISH CONTEMPORARIES, c.1715-c.1760
1
93
Handel's Operas
3
4
Musical Theatre in English
7
4
Burlesque and The Beggar's Opera
11
2
Musical Theatre 1730-1760
13
19
Handel's Oratorios and Related Works
32
9
Oratorios and Similar Works by Handel's Contemporaries
41
8
Chamber Cantatas
49
10
Solo Song
59
9
Orchestral Music
68
5
Chamber Music
73
2
Solo Keyboard Music
75
3
Church Music
78
7
Musical Thought and Scholarship
85
9
2. THE LATER EIGHTEENTH, AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES, 1760-1815
94
80
Theatre Music
95
13
The Oratorio and Kindred Forms
108
15
Orchestral Music
123
9
Chamber Music
132
4
Harpsichord and Piano Music
136
2
Organ Music
138
3
Song
141
14
Church Music
155
14
Writings on Music
169
5
3. FROM THE LATER GEORGIAN TO THE MID-VICTORIAN AGE
174
72
Opera and Theatre Music
176
34
Oratorio and Cantata
210
10
Orchestral Music
220
1
Chamber Music
221
2
Solo Piano Music
223
1
Solo Organ Music
224
5
Song
229
6
Music for Vocal Ensemble
235
2
Church Music
237
5
Musical Thought and Scholarship
242
4
4. LATER VICTORIAN MUSIC AND THE `ENGLISH RENAISSANCE', 1870-1914
246
77
Opera and Theatre Music
246
12
Cantata and Oratorio
258
12
Part-Songs and Other Unaccompanied Vocal Forms
270
3
Solo Song
273
13
Orchestral Music
286
12
Chamber Music
298
6
Piano Music
304
1
Organ Music
305
2
Church Music
307
10
Musical Literature and Education
317
6
5. POST-ROMANTICISM, 1914-1945
323
84
Elgar
325
5
Delius
330
1
Holst
331
6
Vaughan Williams
337
12
Bridge, Ireland
349
1
Bax
350
6
Bliss, Howells
356
4
Warlock, Moeran
360
5
Rubbra, Finzi
365
2
Walton, Lambert
367
5
Berkeley, Rawsthorne, Lutyens, Maconchy
372
2
Tippett, Britten
374
7
Song
381
8
Piano and Chamber Music
389
5
Orchestral and Choral Music
394
2
Opera and Other Theatre Music
396
3
Writing and Scholarship
399
3
Minor Genres and Summary
402
5
6. TRADITION AND AVANT-GARDE, 1945-1975
407
49
Opera and Music Theatre
407
13
Other Genres: The Older Composers
420
2
The Middle Generation: Walton, Rubbra, Rawsthorne, Berkeley
422
4
Tippett, Britten: Non-operatic Work
426
6
Older Modernists: Lutyens, Frankel, Searle
432
5
Younger Traditionalists: Simpson, Fricker, Arnold
437
3
Younger Modernists (1): Goehr, Wood, Maw, Bennett
440
4
Younger Modernists (2): Davies, Birtwistle
444
2
Younger Modernists (3): Sherlaw Johnson, Crosse, Harvey
446
2
New Voices
448
1
Song and Church Music
448
3
Style and Criticism
451
5
7. MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM, 1976-1997
456
35
Tippett
457
2
Older Traditionalists
459
1
Older Eclectics
460
8
The Older Avant-Garde
468
10
The Younger Avant-Garde
478
2
Younger Pragmatists (1)
480
4
Younger Pragmatists (2)
484
2
Summary, 1945-1997
486
5
8. FOLK MUSIC AND POPULAR MUSIC
491
46
Popular Music to 1700
495
11
The Scottish Traditions
506
7
Folk Music in Rural England since 1700
513
11
Industrial and Urban Folk Song
524
3
Popular Music since 1700
527
8
Conclusions
535
2
9. ENGLAND AND ITS MUSIC
537
22
English Music and the European Context
537
4
England and its Immediate Neighbours
541
3
London and the Provinces
544
4
Education and Scholarship
548
5
English Music
553
6
Bibliography
559
32
Index
591