Beyond Fingal's Cave : Ossian In The Musical Imagination.

This book studies the history of musical compositions inspired by a collection of poems published in the 1760s by James Macpherson, and attributed to an ancient Scottish bard named Ossian. The author looks at works composed from the 1790s into the 21st century. With a preface, notes, bibliography, and index. Four appendices. Music examples.

xx, 401 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
ISBN: 1580469450
ISBN13: 9781580469456