- Published: 7 November 2019
- ISBN: 9780141988597
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 416
- RRP: $45.00
I Saw Eternity the Other Night
King's College, Cambridge, and an English Singing Style
- Published: 7 November 2019
- ISBN: 9780141988597
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 416
- RRP: $45.00
The King's choir's glory years under Ord and Willcocks are at the heart of Day's massive, impeccably researched book. Its scope, however, is far wider. ... The sound is a 20th-century British invention, which - because it coincided with the rise of broadcasting and recording - went on to conquer the world.
Richard Morrison, The Times
This eye-opening - and ear-opening - book ... investigates the creation of a style, and the evolution of a tradition, that now feels as anciently English as the tentacular late-Gothic stonework of King's chapel itself. Along the way, Day's meticulous history of a special choral sound opens out into an exploration of the ever-shifting bonds between music and society, and art and faith.
Boyd Tonkin, Arts Desk
Magisterial but extremely readable ... full of fascinating detail and shrewd insights
Clare Stevens, Choir & Organ