While Spring And Summer Sang Thomas Beecham And The Music Of Frederick Delius

Author : Lyndon Jenkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1315084074

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While Spring and Summer Sang: Thomas Beecham and the Music of Frederick Delius by Lyndon Jenkins Pdf

"Sir Thomas Beecham is often described as having 'championed' the music of Frederick Delius, and this is no exaggeration. From the moment he heard Delius's music as a young man, Beecham was captivated by its strange, romantic beauty, and its hold on him remained firm. During the next 50 years, he promoted Delius's music through a series of unrivalled performances, unearthing early pieces, arranging others and recording most of them, sometimes more than once. Lyndon Jenkins provides the first in-depth study of this extraordinary creative relationship. Starting with the first meeting of the composer and conductor in 1907, Jenkins charts Beecham's gradual introduction of Delius's compositions to British and foreign audiences, the operatic premi's and revivals, the Delius festivals that he organized in 1929 and 1946, and the formation of the Delius Trust upon the composer's death in 1934. Also described is Beecham's continuing crusade for Delius's music up to his own death in 1961, which included a model edition of the scores, a biography and an internationally celebrated recorded legacy. The book includes a critical discography. Lyndon Jenkins provides a vivid account of an achievement that remains without parallel in the history of British music."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Lyndon Jenkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351537018

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While Spring and Summer Sang: Thomas Beecham and the Music of Frederick Delius by Lyndon Jenkins Pdf

Sir Thomas Beecham is often described as having 'championed' the music of Frederick Delius, and this is no exaggeration. From the moment he heard Delius's music as a young man, Beecham was captivated by its strange, romantic beauty, and its hold on him remained firm. During the next 50 years, he promoted Delius's music through a series of unrivalled performances, unearthing early pieces, arranging others and recording most of them, sometimes more than once. Lyndon Jenkins provides the first in-depth study of this extraordinary creative relationship. Starting with the first meeting of the composer and conductor in 1907, Jenkins charts Beecham's gradual introduction of Delius's compositions to British and foreign audiences, the operatic premis and revivals, the Delius festivals that he organized in 1929 and 1946, and the formation of the Delius Trust upon the composer's death in 1934. Also described is Beecham's continuing crusade for Delius's music up to his own death in 1961, which included a model edition of the scores, a biography and an internationally celebrated recorded legacy. The book includes a critical discography. Lyndon Jenkins provides a vivid account of an achievement that remains without parallel in the history of British music.

Author : John Lucas
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781843834021

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Thomas Beecham by John Lucas Pdf

Thomas Beecham was one of Britain's greatest conductors of orchestral music and opera as well as an entrepreneur and impresario of exceptional energy and brilliant wit. This new life places him - musically, politically and socially - in the troubled times in which he lived and corrects the stories and myths, many of them Beecham's own making, that have grown up around this uniquely gifted and controversial figure.Drawing upon extensive research, Lucas presents new material on his early years, his complicated private life, his father's catastrophic attempt to buy a large part of Covent Garden - which brought the family to its knees financially - and the orchestras and opera companies that Beecham founded. New light is shed on his visits to Nazi Germany and his view of its leaders, as well as the much misunderstood and previously unchronicled years of the Second World War, which he spent in Australia and America.Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music will change the way we view this complex personality and remain the standard biography for years to come.JOHN LUCAS was on the staff of the Observer for 25 years, completed Peter Heyworth's monumental biography of Otto Klemperer, wrote the biography of Reginald Goodall, and is responsible for the current entries on Beecham and Klemperer in the New Grove.BEECHAM IN REHEARSAL: This book will include a full-length CD of Beecham rehearsing the RPO. It features music by Haydn, Mozart, Handel, Liszt and a remarkable movement from Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

Author : Martin Lee-Browne,Paul Guinery
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781843839590

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Delius and His Music by Martin Lee-Browne,Paul Guinery Pdf

The first comprehensive study of the music of Frederick Delius (1862-1934), from his earliest pieces up to his final compositions, with background information and a complete list of works.

Author : Mary Christison Huismann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135848972

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Frederick Delius by Mary Christison Huismann Pdf

Frederick Delius is among the most celebrated English composers of the 20th century. Widely studied and performed, his works are considered models of the British impressionist school and continue to fascinate students and scholars centuries later. This research guide serves as a ready reference for students and scholars, but will also be interesting to read and useful for anyone who wants to know where to begin to learn more about this important composer.

Author : Jeremy Dibble
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781783275779

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The Music of Frederick Delius by Jeremy Dibble Pdf

This book examines Delius's individual approaches to genre, form, harmony, orchestration and literary texts which gave the composer's musical style such a unique voice.

Author : Stephen H. Smith
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781800466968

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Albion’s Glory by Stephen H. Smith Pdf

My book begins with a brief consideration of what we mean by “English music” and what factors are involved. I explain the reasons behind my choice of composers for consideration, and for the omissions from the survey.

Author : Nicole V. Gagné
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810867659

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Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music by Nicole V. Gagné Pdf

In the last decade of the 19th century, modernist sensibilities reached a critical mass and emerged more frequently in music as composers began employing dissonance, polyrhythm, atonality, and densities. Conversely, many 20th-century composers eschewed modernist devices and wrote accessible works in a tonal idiom, which drew chiefly on classical, romantic, and folk models. Then the postmodern sensibility followed, with its enthusiasm for the unprecedented availability of virtually every type of music, andit engendered numerous sub-groups, including multiculturalism, minimalism, multimedia, and free improvisation. Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music focuses on modernist and postmodern classical music worldwide from 1890to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries, with more than 60 entries explaining the methods, styles, and acoustic and electronic media peculiar tonew music, and over 350 entries giving essential information on the lives and work of the people who have composed and performed that music. Those entries also include pop, jazz, and rock composer/musicians whose work either overlaps the realm of classical music or else is so radical within its own field that it merits discussion in this context. This book is a must for anyone, musician or non-musician, student or professional, who seeks to research and learn more about any significant aspect of modern and contemporary classical music worldwide.

Author : Andrew J. Boyle
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781783271993

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Delius and Norway by Andrew J. Boyle Pdf

Frontcover -- Contents -- List of illustrations and tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Selected glossary of landscape terms used in place names -- 1 Norway's awakening -- 2 1862-1888: Bradford, Florida and Leipzig -- 3 1888-1889: With Grieg on the heights -- 4 1890-1891: 'C'est de la Norderie' -- 5 1892-1895: Norway lost -- 6 1896: Norway regained -- 7 1897: Front page news -- 8 1898-1902: Unshakeable self-belief -- 9 1903-1907: Breakthrough in Germany and England -- 10 1908-1912: Changes of direction -- 11 1912-1918: High hills, dark forests -- 12 1919-1934: Myth and reality in Lesjaskog -- Appendix I: List of visits to Norway -- Appendix II: Works with Norwegian and Danish texts and associations -- Selected bibliography and archival sources -- Index

Author : Daniel M. Grimley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781108470391

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Delius and the Sound of Place by Daniel M. Grimley Pdf

Offers a radical and interdisciplinary analysis that will transform readers' understanding of this deeply compelling early twentieth-century composer.

Author : Robert Montgomery
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0754658465

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Music and Copyright by Robert Montgomery Pdf

Delius was born in 1862, twenty-four years before the signing in 1886 of the Berne Convention, the international convention for the protection of literary and artistic works. During Delius's lifetime came the birth of the record industry, the development of exercising the performing right, the introduction of the mechanical right and the advent of films and broadcasting. Robert Montgomery and Robert Threlfall chronicle Delius's dealings with his publishers and the Performing Right Society (PRS) through his copious correspondence. This book provides a selection of translations of the letters, most of which have never been seen before, and offers a unique insight into how a leading twentieth-century composer earned his living from composition in the changing environment of the world of music.

Author : Anita Mercier
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0754661695

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Guilhermina Suggia, Cellist by Anita Mercier Pdf

Throughout the 1930s Guilhermina Suggia was one of the most respected musicians in Europe. She partnered on stage with many famous instrumentalists and conductors and completed numerous BBC broadcasts. Mercier's study of Suggia's letters and other writings reveal an intelligent, warm and generous character; an artist who was enormously dedicated, knowledgeable and self-disciplined. Suggia was one of the first women to make a career of playing the cello at a time when prejudice against women playing this traditionally 'masculine' instrument was still strong. A role model for many other musicians, she was herself a fearless pioneer.

Author : Professor Stewart R Craggs
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781409493754

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Alan Bush by Professor Stewart R Craggs Pdf

Born in 1900, Alan Bush, the English composer, conductor and pianist, studied with Corder and Matthay, and privately with John Ireland. He was appointed professor of harmony and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in 1925, a post he held until 1978. In 1929-31, he continued to study at Berlin University and had piano lessons with Moiseiwitsch and Schnabel. The present Source Book documents his works (many of which reflect his Communist sympathies) and the many arrangements of his music by other composers. A wealth of detail is provided, including printed scores, CD recordings, bibliographical material and manuscript scores and their locations, the majority of which have been deposited recently in the British Library by the Bush family. A chronology of the composer's life draws on many sources including letters and scrapbooks.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015057468087

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Brio by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eric Fenby
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1975-11-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X001352846

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Delius as I Knew Him by Eric Fenby Pdf

This book tells the story of how the young Englishman Eric Fenby met his idol and became his aide.