Adrian Wright

The Innumerable Dance

The Life and Work of William Alwyn

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Produktbeschreibung

This first extended biography of William Alwyn sets his works in full context and uses hitherto unpublished material to give a vivid account of his marriages, his operas and his relationship with Britten.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 779g
• ISBN-13: 9781843834120
• ISBN-10: 184383412X
• Artikelnr.: 23574264

Autorenporträt

ADRIAN WRIGHT is a performer, novelist and writer. His previous books with Boydell include A Tanner's Worth of Tune: Rediscovering the Post-War British Musical (2010), West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London (2012) and Must Close Saturday: The Decline and Fall of the British Musical Flop (2017). He has previously written on the subject of film music in his biography of William Alwyn, The Innumerable Dance (2008), and his fiction includes the Francis and Gordon Jones Mysteries series: The Voice of Doom, The Coming Day and Forget Me Not.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Early Closing The Music of Northampton A Number of Scotsmen
Olive Union and Exile A Purpose for Cinema A War of His Own Is Your Journey
Really Necessary A Coming British Woman Composer Towards a Festival
Questions of Inspiration Ariel to Miranda The Late Romantic E-Day Symphonic
Reflections Soundless Music The Other Suffolk Composer The Blythburgh
Operas The Stillness Living and Learning Precious Toy Epilogue Bibliography
List of Works