| Description |
1 online resource (416 pages) |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Julian Anderson -- Simon Bainbridge -- Sally Beamish -- George Benjamin -- Michael Berkeley -- Judith Bingham -- Harrison Birtwistle -- Howard Blake -- Gavin Bryars -- Diana Burrell -- Tom Coult -- Gordon Crosse -- Jonathan Dove -- David Dubery -- Michael Finnissy -- Cheryl Frances-Hoad -- Alexander Goehr -- Howard Goodall -- Christopher Gunning -- Morgan Hayes -- Robin Holloway -- Oliver Knussen -- John McCabe -- James MacMillan -- Colin Matthews -- David Matthews -- Peter Maxwell Davies -- Thea Musgrave -- Roxanna Panufnik -- Anthony Payne -- Elis Pehkonen -- Joseph Phibbs -- Gabriel Prokofiev -- John Rutter -- Robert Saxton -- John Tavener -- Judith Weir -- Debbie Wiseman -- Christopher Wright |
| Summary |
This book features interviews with leading and upcoming British composers who use the same raw materials but produce classical music that takes very different forms. Uniquely, Andrew Palmer approaches the sometimes baffling world of contemporary music from the point of view of the inquisitive, music-loving amateur rather than the professional critic or musicologist. Readers can eavesdrop on conversations in which composers are asked a number of questions about their professional lives and practices, with the emphasis on the aesthetic sensibilities and psychological processes behind composing rather than technique. Throughout, the book seeks to explore why composers write the kind of music they write, and what they want their music to do. Along the way, readers are confronted with an unspoken but equally important question: if some composers are writing music that the public doesn't want to engage with, who's to blame for that? Are composers out of touch with their public, or are we too lazy to give their music the attention it deserves? |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Composers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Music -- Great Britain
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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MUSIC -- Reference.
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Composition.
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Composers
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Music
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781782046417 |
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1782046410 |
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9781782046615 |
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1782046615 |
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