An Imperishable Heritage: British Choral Music from Parry to Dyson — 1st Ed

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An Imperishable Heritage: British Choral Music from Parry to Dyson — 1st Ed

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An Imperishable Heritage: British Choral Music from Parry to Dyson, Stephen Town — 1st Edition

Publication: Farnham, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2012

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [xx], 327.

Condition Report: Near Fine. The book presents exceptionally well, with a bright, tight, and unread text block completely free from foxing or internal blemishes. The black cloth boards are pristine, featuring sharp, unbumped corners and gleaming silver-gilt lettering to the spine. The binding remains remarkably tight, indicating careful, if any, prior use. The dust jacket is similarly crisp and clean, retaining its original vibrant colour and gloss, with only the most trivial, barely discernible crinkle at the head of the spine preventing a flawless grade. Overall, a superlative, highly collectible copy of an increasingly uncommon scholarly imprint.

Catalogue Note: First edition thus. This original 2012 Ashgate Publishing hardback is a meticulously researched scholarly monograph focused on the English Musical Renaissance.

Ashgate’s original hardback issues are notable for their superior production quality and are highly sought after by collectors and institutions, especially since the publisher’s absorption by Routledge and the subsequent market shift toward print-on-demand bindings for their academic back catalogue.

The text is enriched with musical examples and thorough bibliographic referencing. This specific copy is cleanly presented without any modern remainder marks or external defacement, retaining its original, unclipped dust jacket featuring a cover illustration from Hubert Parry's The Vision of Life.

Given the typical institutional fate of these academic print runs, finding a copy in such sharp, collector-grade condition on the open market is unusual.

Stephen Town’s An Imperishable Heritage offers a profound and closely examined survey of the choral music of the English Musical Renaissance. Focusing on selected masterworks from Hubert Parry, Charles Villiers Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gerald Finzi, Edmund Rubbra, and George Dyson, Town delves into the composers' autograph manuscripts to unveil the intricate compositional processes behind their celebrated works. By collating substantial secondary literature with unparalleled primary source analysis, this volume sheds new light on the continuities, similarities, and independent evolution of British choral music as it broke free from continental models.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Stephen Town

Book Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Music

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 327

Book Publication Year: 2012

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Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Farnham, United Kingdom

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