The Symphonic Poem in Britain, 1850-1950

Michael Allis, Paul Watt

The Symphonic Poem in Britain 1850-1950aims to raise the status of the genre generally, and in Britain specifically, by reaffirming British composers' confidence in dealing with literary texts.

Introduction - Michael Allis and Paul WattNarrative and Formal Plasticity in the British Symphonic Poem, 1850-1950 - Jeremy DibbleThe Symphonic Poem and British Music Criticism - Paul WattRichard Strauss's Tone Poems in Britain, 1890-1950 - David LarkinFrench Connections: Debussy and Ravel's Orchestral Music in Britain from Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune to Boléro - Barbara L. KellyThe Rise of the Symphonic Poem in Glasgow, 1879-1916: A Documentary History - Anne-Marie Forbes and Heather Monkhouse'A curious intricate work of the modern, but not theultra-modern, school': William Wallace's Villon - Michael AllisGustav Holst's Beni Mora and the Orientalist Imagination - Christopher ScheerSymphonic Poetry, 1914: Parry's From Death To Life - Benedict TaylorJohn Ireland's Mai-Dun: Composite Influences - Fiona RichardsFrank Bridge: Poems of Re-enchantment - Jonathan Clinch