Vaughan Williams
by Simon Heffer
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Author: Simon HefferEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-03-01
ISBN: 1555534724
Number of pages: 167
Publisher: Northeastern
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Book Review: Nothing that you can't find anywhere else.
Summary: 3 Stars
If you've already read Michael Kennedy's Life and Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams or Ursula Vaughan Williams's R.V.W., you can skip this. It is little more than an expanded encyclopedia entry and the stuff that isn't is problematic. Heffer's an enthusiastic amateur, with either little or no musical training. That may even count as an advantage in a work for the general reader. However, it gets him in trouble when he renders critical judgments, which tend to sound like he's gotten them from others' reviews. He certainly doesn't build much of a case in support. An ordinary book about an extraordinary composer.
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