Tippett Studies (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Clarke, David

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Produktbeschreibung

Michael Tippett (1905-98) was one of the major figures of British music in this century. This volume of essays provides the first substantial writing on the composer for over a decade and includes the work of established scholars as well as several new voices. Essays encompass a range of genres and style periods, but a number of recurring themes may be detected. Broadly speaking, the book moves between technical discussion focused on individual works and wider questions of context - the 'external' factors that shaped the composer's musical production such as his relationship to the past, his fascination with ancient Greece and his pursuit of the transcendent. What emerges from this book is a rich portrait of a composer whose work reflects the century's triumphs and tragedies with particular intensity and who, at the end of his composing career, was increasingly acknowledged by younger composers as a major influence and example.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511368158
• Artikelnr.: 38210461

Inhaltsangabe

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.