| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 131 pages : illustrations, portrait |
| Series |
Royal Musical Association monographs ; 34 |
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Royal Musical Association monographs ; 34.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Michael Tippett and Douglas Newton to 1943; 2 Plotting a masque: 'Refashioning the Traditions'; 3 Collaboration on the Masque, 1943-44; 4 The Act II scenario, circa February 1944; 5 Friends' reactions and progress of the collaboration, 1944-46; 6 New directions (Newton solus); 7 Fresh beginnings and continuities (Tippett solus); 8 Echoes and foreshadowings; 9 Afterlives; Appendix I: Four poems by Douglas Newton; Appendix II: Newton, bibliography to 1956 |
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Appendix III: Tippett, The British Library sketchbooksSelect Bibliography: Studies etc. since 1940; Index |
| Summary |
Through a discussion of compositional sketches and correspondence with Douglas Newton, Savage investigates the early collaborative phase (1943-1946) in the creation of Michael Tippett's first mature opera and charts the developments that grew out of that phase |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Midsummer marriage.
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| SUBJECT |
Midsummer marriage (Tippett, Michael) fast |
| Subject |
Operas -- Analysis, appreciation.
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MUSIC -- General.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Opera.
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Operas -- Analysis, appreciation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429281662 |
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0429281668 |
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