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Music in the Landscape
Music in the Landscape is an exuberant celebration of British composers and the landscape. The book explores the lives of some of our nation's greatest musical names and sets them within the context of the rich variety of their native countryside
272 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2011
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January 7, 2026
This is a beautifully constructed, written and illustrated account of how British composers related to and reflected the landscape of the British Isles in their work. The coverage is comprehensive to date (2011) and the comments about their work are penetrating and inspiring. The major figures - Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Holst and Britten - are well covered but so are so many other nineteenth and twentieth century figures. The book encourages the reader to explore the many pieces cited, which itself is a good thing.
What I did not fully appreciate is that virtually all of the composers spent so much time walking (or cycling) in the land and so weren't just sitting in comfortable residences but actually engaging deep down with the land and landscape.
This is a fine book that will appeal to music lovers, lovers of nature and the rural environment and readers generally.
What I did not fully appreciate is that virtually all of the composers spent so much time walking (or cycling) in the land and so weren't just sitting in comfortable residences but actually engaging deep down with the land and landscape.
This is a fine book that will appeal to music lovers, lovers of nature and the rural environment and readers generally.
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