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William Mathias A Bio-Bibliography
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Stewart R. Craggs
Book Code: CWD/
ISBN: 0-313-27865-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27865-5
264 pages, photograph
Greenwood Press
Publication: 9/30/1995
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Bio-Bibliographies in Music
Series Number: 58
Reviews:
  • Craggs provides in his neat package of the composer a preface, a rather succinct biography of the composer, a detailed and informative section on the composer's works and preformances, a discography, a sparsely annotated bibliography, an alphabetically arranged list of compositions, a chronologically arranged list of compositions, and a name index. The most notable unit in this volume is the list of the composer's works; it contains all the essential data reguarding mathias's compositions, including dates of first preformances, artists who participated in the concerts, instrumentation, duration, publishers, and the like. The text will be of special interest to composers and choral conductors, and should be included in music library reference divisions.
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    ARBA
Description: Taking piano lessons at three years of age and composing by five, William Mathias became one of Britain's leading 20th-century composers. (He was invited to compose the wedding anthem for the marriage of the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer). This work provides, for the first time in one volume, up-to-date and comprehensive details of the composer's life's work. It includes a biography, a complete list of works and performances, a discography of sound recordings, and an annotated bibliography, along with useful appendixes and an index. This book will be of interest to musicologists, students, and 20th-century music buffs alike. Mathias was a prolific and versatile composer whose works included opera and music for orchestra, chamber groups, solo instruments, organ, brass ensembles, choral, church, and children's groups. His wedding anthem for Prince Charles and Lady Diana was heard by over 750 million people around the world on television--probably the largest audience for any first performance of a new work.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Biography
  • Works and Performances
  • Operas
  • Orchestral Music
  • Chamber and Solo Instrumental Music
  • Organ Music
  • Songs
  • Choral Music
  • Church Music
  • Music for Children
  • Incidental Music
  • Music for Brass Ensembles
  • Discography
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix I: Alphabetical List of Compositions
  • Appendix II: Chronological List of Main Compositions
  • Index
LC Card Number: 95-21758
LCC Class: ML134
Dewey Class: 780
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