An expert and informative appraisal of all of Elgar's works - from
his juvenilia to the unfinished 3rd symphony - by the author of the
acclaimed Gerald Finzi. The new Diana McVeagh book on Elgar is
first-rate, wrote Gerald Finzi of her earlier study of the
composer, published in 1955. In the completely new Elgar the Music
Maker she harvests five decades of thoughts about his music,
scrutinizing the biographical details that have since been
discovered and using them to assess the ways in which they affect
the compositions. Diana McVeagh explores Elgar's complex
personality and his compositional methods, his style and his
relationship to his contemporaries, yet it is the music - still
played, recorded, loved and discussed as much as ever- that remains
her prime focus. Each of Elgar's works is discussed, balancing
information and appraisal, from his juvenilia to his unfinished
Third Symphony. Diana McVeagh provides a compelling and accessible
companion to the music of one of England's greatest composers.
Musicians, scholars and CD collectors alikewill find much to enjoy
in Elgar the Music Maker. Diana McVeagh is the author of the highly
acclaimed Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music [2005]; of the entries
on Elgar and Finzi for The New Grove Dictionaryof Music and
Musicians [1980, 2001]; and of the Finzi entry in The Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography [2004].
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