He (Grainger) certainly did not eschew the music of the proletariat
in crafting some very engaging work (e.g., Lincolnshire Posy). Good
stuff.
Dean
On Sep 1, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
On Sep 1, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
I suppose I take exception to Grainger's "cheerful xenophobia", as
one writer put it, that is the motivator behind these unusual
markings.
Not so much xenophobia as racism. He believed, as did many in his
day, that the cultural character of various nations was
biologically conditioned, but since he believed that such things as
democracy, freedom, and social equality were characteristic of the
superior "races", he would never have stooped to look down on
individuals who happened to belong to "inferior" groups.
And he regarded the English as superior to the Germans, and the
Scandinavians as the most superior of all. He referred to his
attempts to avoid words with Latin roots as "blue-eyed English."
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com/
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