An in-depth study of the life of Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941), pianist, composer and conductor of the Halle Orchestra, who arguably made Manchester the most important focus for music in Britain in h
One of the most important musicians of the Victorian era, Stainer's reputation is grounded in his Anglican liturgical compositions, but his corpus of secular works - madrigals and songs - is also full
British music between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth century reflected changes and developments in society, education, philosophy, aesthetics, politics and the upheaval of wars, often signif
