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Chapter 18 - War

from Part III - Culture and Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2024

Julian Onderdonk
Affiliation:
West Chester University, Pennsylvania
Ceri Owen
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
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War formed a backdrop to much of Vaughan Williams’s life, and his understanding of its effects – whether from his service in the First World War or as a civilian on the home front during the Second World War – evoked some of the most powerful and poignant musical responses of his career, including The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains, Dona Nobis Pacem, and the Pastoral, Fifth, and Sixth symphonies. These and other compositions incubated and emerged during tumultuous periods in the realms of musical performance, broadcasting, publishing, and patronage. Vaughan Williams’s navigation of these fields reveals a cross-section of major issues of concern to myriad composers, performers, and institutions, including the limits of political and ideological tolerance, the role of the state in artistic sponsorship, the responsibility of the artist to society, and the nature of musical memorialization.

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Print publication year: 2024

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  • War
  • Edited by Julian Onderdonk, West Chester University, Pennsylvania, Ceri Owen, University of Birmingham
  • Book: Vaughan Williams in Context
  • Online publication: 28 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108681261.019
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  • Edited by Julian Onderdonk, West Chester University, Pennsylvania, Ceri Owen, University of Birmingham
  • Book: Vaughan Williams in Context
  • Online publication: 28 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108681261.019
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  • War
  • Edited by Julian Onderdonk, West Chester University, Pennsylvania, Ceri Owen, University of Birmingham
  • Book: Vaughan Williams in Context
  • Online publication: 28 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108681261.019
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