A comprehensive reassessment of this towering figure of twentieth-century music, examining works, cultural context and reception in Britain and beyond.

An icon of British national identity and one of the most widely performed twentieth-century composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams has been as much misunderstood as

Challenging residual doubts about Vaughan Williams's role and significance within twentieth-century music and culture, this book places and explores his life an

Edward Elgar occupies a pivotal place in the British cultural imagination. His music has been heard as emblematic of Empire and the English landscape. The recen

A collection of essays on Vaughan Williams explores his musical language, cultural context and biography.