Soapbox: Elizabeth Maconchy

Richard Thomas — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:14:44 +0000

In his article ‘England and the Folk-Art Problem', published in the magazine ‘Modern Music' in 1941, Benjamin Britten defined two major schools of British composers – one with Parry as its figurehead, which “stressed the amateur idea and encouraged folk-art, its collecting and teaching”, while the other one with Elgar represented “the professional point of vi

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Soapbox: Elizabeth Maconchy