Eric Saylor

Biographic Data

ID3833188
NAMEEric Saylor
GIVEN NAMESEric
FAMILY NAMESaylor
SIGNATURESAYLOR E
AFFILIATIONSDrake University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Elizabeth Maconchy in Context

    Open AccessAnna Dunlop, Philip Reed et al.BOOKElizabeth Maconchy in Context2026

    Elizabeth Maconchy was one of the most prominent and successful composers of the twentieth century, a champion of contemporary music who composed chamber operas, choral music, orchestral works, a range of compositions and operas for children, and a highly-regarded series of string quartets. This collection explores her life and work, her Irishness and her formative years at the Royal College of Music. It examines her intersections with musical an…

  • Des Moines

    Zaide Pixley, Eric SaylorCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2015

  • Traveling Home: Sacred Harp Singing and American Pluralism. By Kiri Miller. * The Makers of the Sacred Harp. By David Warren Steel with Richard Hulan

    Eric SaylorARTICLEMusic and Letters2012

    Journal Article Traveling Home: Sacred Harp Singing and American Pluralism. By Kiri Miller.The Makers of the Sacred Harp. By David Warren Steel with Richard Hulan. Get access Traveling Home: Sacred Harp Singing and American Pluralism. By Kiri Miller. pp. xvi + 245. ( University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 2008, $45 hbk, ISBN 978-0-252-03214-1; $25 pbk, ISBN 978-0-252-07757-9.)The Makers of the Sacred Harp. By David Warren Steel with Ri…

  • In Search of Song: The Life and Times of Lucy Broadwood. By Dorothy de Val

    Eric SaylorARTICLEMusic and Letters2012

    Journal Article In Search of Song: The Life and Times of Lucy Broadwood. By Dorothy de Val. Get access In Search of Song: The Life and Times of Lucy Broadwood. By Dorothy de Val. pp. xi + 194. Music in 19th-Century Britain. ( Ashgate, Farnham and Burlington, Vt., 2011, £50. ISBN 978-0-7546-5408-7.) Eric Saylor Eric Saylor Drake University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume 93, Issue …

  • Blackness in Opera

    Naomi André, Karen M Bryan et al.BOOKBlackness in opera2012References: 5

    Blackness in Opera critically examines the intersections of race and music in the multifaceted genre of opera. A diverse cross-section of scholars places well-known operas (Porgy and Bess, Aida, Treemonisha) alongside lesser-known works such as Frederick Delius's Koanga, William Grant Still's Blue Steel, and Clarence Cameron White's Ouanga! to reveal a new historical context for re-imagining race and blackness in opera. The volume brings a wide-r…

  • Dramatic Applications of Folksong in Vaughan Williams's Operas Hugh the Drover and Sir John in Love

    Open AccessEric SaylorARTICLEJournal of the Royal Musical…2009

    Although Ralph Vaughan Williams's operas Hugh the Drover (1924) and Sir John in Love (1929) both prominently feature English folk and traditional tunes, the dramatic ends such music serves differ significantly between the two works. This article compares the ways in which Vaughan Williams uses folk music in both operas, with the larger aim of providing a more nuanced perspective on the changing musical and dramatic potential the composer saw for …

  • It's Not Lambkins Frisking At All: English Pastoral Music and the Great War

    Eric SaylorARTICLEThe Musical Quarterly2009Cited by: 3

    Journal Article “It's Not Lambkins Frisking At All”: English Pastoral Music and the Great War Eric Saylor Eric Saylor E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Musical Quarterly, Volume 91, Issue 1-2, Spring-Summer 2008, Pages 39–59, https://doi.org/10.1093/musqtl/gdn030 Published: 24 January 2009