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Lark Ascending : The Music of the British Landscape by Richard King (2019, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherFaber & Faber, Incorporated

ISBN-100571338798

ISBN-139780571338795

eBay Product ID (ePID)2309732974

Product Key Features

Book TitleLark Ascending : the Music of the British Landscape

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPhilosophy & Social Aspects, Personal Growth / Happiness, General, Social Psychology

Publication Year2019

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Nature, Self-Help, Psychology

AuthorRichard King

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight18.7 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2020-418197

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal780.941

Table Of ContentContents Prologue 1 The Landscape of the Lark 2 Genius Loci 3 Spring Morning, Larked and Crowed and Belling 4 Sun Awareness 5 The Wide World's Drift 6 Pebbles on a Hebridean Shore 7 The Julian Calendar 8 The Fourth World 9 Cold and Eternal Light 10 The Holy Land 11 The Temporary Shelter 12 Trilithon Britain 13 The Story of England 14 Acid House Pooh Corner 15 In a Beautiful Place out in the Country Epilogue Disocgraphy Sources Acknowledgements Index

SynopsisRichard King's new book is a gorgeous history of Britain's landscapes and the music that it inspires., A gorgeous history of Britain's landscapes and the music that it inspires. Written by one of our most celebrated music writers, The Lark Ascending is a lyrical exploration of how Britain's history and identity has been shaped by the mysterious relationship between music and nature. Through a series of "headphone walks" and reflective interviews with musicians and filmmakers, Richard King listens closely to Britain's rural landscapes and the compositions of musicians inspired by its beauty and drama. His journey takes him from the west coast of Wales to the Lothian Hills, from the Thames Estuary to the Suffolk shoreline - and from Vaughan Williams to Brian Eno, Kate Bush to Boards of Canada, " The Sinking of the Titanic " to Greenham Common ... King's astonishing survey dissects the mythical concept of Englishness underlying the bucolic fantasy of an "English Holy Land" by exploring the cultural creations that shaped this myth. His unique and intimate history of a nation celebrates the British countryside as a living, working, and occasionally rancorous environment - rather than an unaffected idyll - that forged a nation's musical personality., Richard King's new book is a gorgeous history of Britain's landscapes and the music that it inspires. Written by one of our most celebrated music writers, The Lark Ascending is a lyrical exploration of how Britain's history and identity has been shaped by the mysterious relationship between music and nature. Through a series of 'headphone walks' and reflective interviews with musicians and filmmakers, Richard King listens closely to Britain's rural landscapes and the compositions of musicians inspired by its beauty and drama. His journey takes him from the west coast of Wales to the Lothian Hills, from the Thames Estuary to the Suffolk shoreline - and from Vaughan Williams to Brian Eno, Kate Bush to Boards of Canada, 'The Sinking of the Titanic' to Greenham Common ... King's astonishing survey dissects the mythical concept of Englishness underlying the bucolic fantasy of an 'English Holy Land' by exploring the cultural creations that shaped this myth. His unique and intimate history of a nation celebrates the British countryside as a living, working, and occasionally rancorous environment - rather than an unaffected idyll - that forged a nation's musical personality., Written by one of Britain's most celebrated music writers, The Lark Ascending is a lyrical exploration of how Britain's history and identity has been shaped by the mysterious relationship between music and nature.

LC Classification NumberML3917.G7