English Musical Renaissance
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The English Musical Renaissance was a hypothetical development in the late 19th and early 20th century, when British composers, often those lecturing or trained at the Royal College of Music, were sai
Hubert Parry (back l.), Alexander Mackenzie (front c.) and Charles Villiers Stanford (front r.) in 1910 with Edward German (back r.) and Dan Godfrey (front l.
Bernard Shaw, scourge of the English renaissance circle
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie KCVO was a Scottish composer, conductor and teacher best known for his oratorios, violin and piano pieces, Scottish folk music and works for the stage.
English Musical Renaissance
…century has been less widely propounded. Among the composers championed by proponents of the theory were Hubert Parry, Charles Villiers Stanford and Alexander Mackenzie. Writers who propounded the theory included Francis Hueffer and J A Fuller Maitland, while it received further promotion from the critics Frank Howes…
Alexander Mackenzie, 1898
Mackenzie, aged 12. In 1927 he said, "If I could only finish my career with a head of hair like that, I should die happy."
Mackenzie by "Spy"