Michael Kennedy

A golden age

Was there a golden age of English music a hundred years ago? From today’s vantage-point there probably was.

issue 18 December 2010

Was there a golden age of English music a hundred years ago? From today’s vantage-point there probably was.

Was there a golden age of English music a hundred years ago? From today’s vantage-point there probably was. The years 1910 and 1911 still excite the imagination as one contemplates the extraordinary richness of the new works that were being introduced to audiences in London and at festivals at that period.

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