Preface; References to Tippett's scores and essays; 1. 'Only half
rebelling': tonal strategies, folksong and 'Englishness' in Tippett's
Concerto for Double String Orchestra David Clarke; 2. From pastiche to free
composition: R. O. Morris, Tippett and the development of pitch resources
in the Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli Anthony Pople; 3. 'Is
there a choice at all?' King Priam and motives for analysis Arnold
Whittall; 4. Tippett's Second Symphony, Stravinsky and the language of
neoclassicism: towards a critical framework Kenneth Gloag; 5. Tippett,
sequence and metaphor Christopher Mark; 6. Tonal elements and their
significance in Tippett's Sonata No. 3 for Piano Alastair Borthwick; 7.
'Significant gestures to the past': formal processes and visionary moments
in Tippett's Triple Concerto Stephen Collisson; 8. Tippett's King Priam and
'the tragic vision' Rowena Pollard and David Clarke; 9. Tippett at the
millennium: a personal memoir Wilfrid Mellers; 10. Decline or renewal in
late Tippett? The Fifth String Quartet in perspective Peter Wright;
Appendix; Index.