Book contents
- Vaughan Williams in Context
- Composers in Context
- Vaughan Williams in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Graphs and Tables
- Musical Examples
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Note
- Bibliographic Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Biography, People, Places
- Part II Inspiration and Expression
- Part III Culture and Society
- Part IV Arts
- Part V Institutions
- Chapter 24 ‘Wanting’ the Home-Grown Composer:
- Chapter 25 Concert Life and Programming
- Chapter 26 The Arts Council and Evolving Public Policy
- Chapter 27 The Second World War:
- Chapter 28 Working with the BBC
- Part VI Reception
- Further Reading
- Index of Works
- General Index
Chapter 24 - ‘Wanting’ the Home-Grown Composer:
Opportunities and Encouragement after the First World War
from Part V - Institutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2024
- Vaughan Williams in Context
- Composers in Context
- Vaughan Williams in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Graphs and Tables
- Musical Examples
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Note
- Bibliographic Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Biography, People, Places
- Part II Inspiration and Expression
- Part III Culture and Society
- Part IV Arts
- Part V Institutions
- Chapter 24 ‘Wanting’ the Home-Grown Composer:
- Chapter 25 Concert Life and Programming
- Chapter 26 The Arts Council and Evolving Public Policy
- Chapter 27 The Second World War:
- Chapter 28 Working with the BBC
- Part VI Reception
- Further Reading
- Index of Works
- General Index
Summary
This chapter indicates some of the changes in the condition of the British composer between the pre–First World War situation that Vaughan Williams had outlined in ‘Who Wants the English Composer?’ and the developments that began to come into place in the 1920s and 1930s. It focusses on aspects of fresh leadership, opportunities, and practical encouragement as evidenced through Hugh Allen and the Royal College of Music, Adrian Boult and the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Hubert Foss and the Oxford University Press Music Department. The Royal College of Music became a composers’ resource, its orchestra and the new Parry theatre offering opportunities for composers to try out works in rehearsal or on the stage. Boult’s championship of British composition was evident in his Royal College conducting class and from his assiduous broadcasting of British composers at the BBC. British music publishers were slow to appreciate the opportunities of income deriving from performance and broadcasting rights, clinging to the tradition of revenue meaning copies sold. But these new income streams enabled material change, and Hubert Foss persuaded OUP to publish serious orchestral music by young British talent. In all of this, Vaughan Williams was an essential point of influence and example.
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- Vaughan Williams in Context , pp. 207 - 214Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024