I Saw Eternity the Other Night

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 *

Timothy Day was for many years Curator of Western Art Music in the British Library’s Sound Archive. He has written and lectured widely on English cathedral music, was a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College, London 2006-11, and served on the Management Committee of the Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music. For his work on this book, he was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship. His previous books include A Century of Recorded Music- Listening to Musical History and Hereford Choral Society- An Unfinished History.