Author: Arnold WhittallPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521386685
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A unique double portrait of the two leading composers of their generation.
The Music of Britten and Tippett
Author: Arnold WhittallPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521386685
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A unique double portrait of the two leading composers of their generation.
The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett
Author: Kenneth GloagPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107470331
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Sir Michael Tippett is widely considered to be one of the most individual composers of the twentieth century, whose music continues to be performed to critical acclaim throughout the world. Written by a team of international scholars, this Companion provides a wide ranging and accessible study of Tippett and his works. It discusses the contexts and concepts of modernism, tradition, politics, sexuality and creativity that shaped Tippett's music and ideas, engaging with archive materials, relevant literature and models of interpretation. Chapters explore the genres in which Tippett composed, including opera, symphony, string quartet, concerto and piano sonata, to shed new light on his major works and draw attention to those that have not yet received the attention they deserve. Directing knowledge and expertise towards a wide readership, this book will enrich the listening experience and broaden understanding of the music of this endlessly fascinating and challenging composer.
Michael Tippett
Author: Oliver SodenPublisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 1474606040
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 781
Book Description
'A delight to read' Philip Pullman 'Essential reading ... a genuine landmark publication' Tom Service A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' The music of the British composer Michael Tippett - including the oratorio A Child of Our Time, five operas, and four symphonies - is among the most visionary of the twentieth century. But little has been written about his extraordinary life. In this long-awaited first biography, Oliver Soden weaves a century-spanning narrative of epic scope and penetrating insight. His achievement is to have enriched our understanding not only of Tippett but of the twentieth century. Figures such as T.S. Eliot, E.M. Forster, Barbara Hepworth, and W.H. Auden jostle in the cast list. An Edwardian world of gaslight and empire cedes to turmoil and warfare and his operas' game-changing attitudes to gay and civil rights, against a backdrop of the Cold War and the Space Race. The result is a landmark in the study of twentieth-century culture, simultaneously an astonishing feat of scholarship and a story as enthralling as in any great novel.
Tippett on Music
Author: Michael TippettPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198165422
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Sir Michael Tippett was born in 1905 and thus celebrated his 90th birthday in 1995. To mark this occasion, Oxford University Press published Tippett on Music, a new and up-to-date compilation of his essays drawing on his two published collections Moving into Aquarius and Music of the Angels but also including much new material.
Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Author: Kenneth GloagPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521597531
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
This is a guide to Tippett's widely known wartime oratorio, A Child of our Time.
Benjamin Britten, Michael Tippett and the English Musical Renaissance
Author: John Carsten BoltePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Tippett Studies
Author: David ClarkePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521592055
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This book covers all of Tippett's style-periods and many of the key genres within his oeuvre.
The Orchestral Music of Michael Tippett
Author: Thomas SchuttenhelmPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107000246
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Thomas Schuttenhelm's book presents an investigation into Michael Tippett's creative process and a comprehensive critical commentary on his orchestral music.
The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett
Author: Kenneth GloagPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107021979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This Companion provides a wide ranging and accessible study of one of the most individual composers of the twentieth century. A team of international scholars shed new light on Tippett's major works and draw attention to those that have not yet received the attention they deserve.
Those Twentieth Century Blues
Author: Michael TippettPublisher: Trafalgar Square
ISBN: 9780712660594
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The autobiography of Britain's greatest living composer is as idiosyncratic as the man himself, revealing his insatiable curiosity about people and places, ideas and sensations, and music of every kind. Vigorous, brave, funny, candid about his sexual and emotional life, Sir Michael has written a remarkable, memorable book.