Thesis
Nineteenth century English oratorio festivals
- Alternative title:
- chronicling the monumental in music
- Abstract:
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Oratorio festivals were an important cultural feature of nineteenth-century English society. These massive musical events lasted for three or four days and some involved up to 4,000 musicians and 83,000 in the audience. This dissertation advances the hypothesis that the oratorio festivals, and the grand new buildings in which they were staged, coalesced to create a musical monumentalism in a society steeped in the (mainly Protestant...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2011
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Source identifiers:
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602730710
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:602730710
- Deposit date:
- 2015-02-10
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- Copyright holder:
- Andrews, C
- Copyright date:
- 2011
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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