In message <199505232034.AA10114@mail1.access.digex.net> H-Net British and Irish
History List writes:
> Although you rightly point out (in part I had to cut) that 19th century
> Anglican Church music was very active, I've never seen any evidence of
> real innovation within it, either. Of course, on that, perhaps I'm wrong.
Well, given the most innovative church composer created his innovations outside
the sacred sphere -- ie, Sir Arthur Sullivan -- I'm hard pressed to give an
example of a great Victorian church composer. However, some of the great 19th
Century British composers (Parry, Stanford, Elgar) *did* write sacred music.
This is not the same, however, as a composer who is patronised exclusively or
even predominantly by the church.
Karen Mercedes
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