William Morris and music: Craftsman's art?

From: Musical Times | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

ANDREW HEYWOOD asks How musical was William Morris?'

WILLIAM Morris: Artist, Craftsman, Poet, Designer, Printer, Musician. Musician? - one has only to add the last epithet to an otherwise conventional list of Morris's achievements to show that Morris and music are not usually associated by those familiar with Morris's activities. In comparison with those other pursuits music certainly does not rank very high: Morris did not play or build a musical instrument; he did not research, write or lecture on music as such; and he is not known to have composed, though he did of course occasionally ...

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