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Lost Chords and Christian Soldiers - The Sacred Music of Arthur Sullivan (Paperback)
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Lost Chords and Christian Soldiers - The Sacred Music of Arthur Sullivan (Paperback)
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Arthur Sullivan is best known as W. S. Gilbert's collaborator in
the Savoy Operas, However, Sullivan was far from being simply a
composer of light operettas. At the height of his fame and
popularity in late Victorian Britain, Sullivan was regarded as the
nation's leading composer of sacred oratorios on a par with
Mendelssohn and Brahms. Yet despite his contemporary popularity and
enduring legacy, little attention has been given to Sullivan's
sacred work. The last twenty years have seen a considerable revival
of interest in and critical appreciation for this aspect of
Sullivan's work. Lost Chords and Christian Soldiers provides the
first detailed, comprehensive, critical study and review of
Sullivan's church and sacred music. As well as exploring issues of
repertoire and ecclesiology involved in these and other formative
influences and experiences, consideration will be given to how far
Sullivan's own personal beliefs and faith influenced his settings
of sacred texts and the extent to which his own spiritual and
theological leaning are expressed in his choice of material and
style of setting. Sullivan's motivation in setting religious texts
will be probed and comparison will be made with the motivation,
output and approach of his closest contemporaries in this field,
most notably Stainer.
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