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Lädt ... Edward Elgar and the Nostalgic Imaginationvon Matthew Riley
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Matthew Riley's Edward Elgar and the Nostalgic Imagination is a heavyweight and widely researched production, at its most distinguished when close descriptive musical analysis focuses ideas and sets off fascinating trains of thought. But the further he strays from the scores themselves into more general discussions and potted sociologies of childhood, English identity, imperialism, late Victorian decline and 1920s debunking, the less satisfactory his discursive investigations become. Matthew Riley's book is a cogently argued exploration of issues that are central to Elgar's music, and its interdisciplinary blend of analysis, reception, and musical meaning will be of interest to those working in a wide range of subject areas.
During his lifetime, and in the course of the twentieth century, Edward Elgar and his music became sites for a remarkable variety of nostalgic impulses. These are manifested in his personal life, in the content of his works, in his critical and biographical reception, and in numerous artistic ventures based on his character and music. Today Elgar enjoys renewed popularity in Britain, and nostalgia of various forms continues to shape our responses to his music. From one viewpoint, Elgarian nostalgia might be dismissed as escapist, regressive and reactionary, and the revival in Elgar's fortunes regarded as the symptom of a pernicious 'heritage industry' in post-colonial, post-industrial Britain. While there is undeniably a grain of truth to that view, Matthew Riley's careful treatment of the topic reveals a more complex picture of nostalgia, and sheds light on Elgar and his cultural significance in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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