A Dictionary-Catalog of Modern British Composers

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A Dictionary-Catalog of Modern British Composers A-C

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By Alan Poulton

Foreword by Vernon Handley

ISBN: 0-313-28711-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28711-4

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624 pages, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 9/30/2000

List Price: $157.95 (UK Sterling Price: £90.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Subjects:

The Arts » Music Theory/Composition
The Arts » Classical Music

Series Title: Music Reference Collection

Series Number: 82

Reviews:

[T]he entries will be of interest for all musicologists, annotators, and those interested in a specific composer....I have already found these books helpful in identifying many pieces for string orchestra by British composers
—The Musical Times Winter 2001
...will be of interest for all musicologists, annotators, and those interested in a specific composer.
—The Delian .

Description: This catalog of works, organized alphabetically by composer, details the compositions of fifty-four modern British composers born between 1891 and 1923. Volume one covers composers from John Addison to Arnold Cooke. Compositions are listed chronologically and include pertinent information about the performance, year of composition, music history, first recordings, and original manuscript location. Concert music is listed separately from documentary and feature films and from music composed for radio, television or stage. As a tool for further research, this catalog will appeal to soloists, chamber musicians and orchestral players as well as to scholars of classical music. A selective bibliography is included for each composer. Each volume includes a title index organized by composer.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Vernon Handley
Introduction
Composer Productivity - an Analytical Approach
Abbreviations
John Addison (1920-1998)
William Alwyn (1905-1985)
Denis ApIvor (1916-)
Richard Arnell (1917-)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-)
Don Banks (1923-1980)
Stanley Bate (1911-1959)
Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Alan Bush (1900-1995)
Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998)
Francis Chagrin (1905-1972)
Arnold Cooke (1906-)
Title Index


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