Very sad to announce the death of doyen of British musicology and music analysis Arnold Whittall. He had been ill since the beginning of the year. I’m mourning not only an intellectual giant and valued mentor but also a close friend who we saw for the last time on Saturday.
'Song: a lyrical expression of one of the ways in which we, as humans, express our gratitude and joy in the context of nature and the seasonal round.'
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Jonathan’s essay on Herbert Howells’ Elegy for Viola, String Quartet and String Orchestra has been published in the collection ‘Music, Mortality, Memory‘ from Brill. https://t.co/n0BMfoh7Q0 3/3
The Elegy is both historical artefact and living ritual. Each performance re-enacts a “performative utterance against death,” accumulating new meaning over time. Rather than rupturing with tradition, it evolves... 1/3
...late Romantic concertante form for new commemorative purposes — not mourning the past, but empowering the present through collective remembrance. 2/3