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The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett

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Description for The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett Paperback. This Companion provides a wide ranging and accessible study of one of the most individual composers of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Gloag, Kenneth; Jones, Nicholas. Series: Cambridge Companions to Music. Num Pages: 327 pages, 2 b/w illus. 12 tables 109 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 604. Series: Cambridge Companions to Music. 327 pages, 2 b/w illus. 12 tables 109 music examples. Editor(s): Gloag, Kenneth; Jones, Nicholas. This Companion provides a wide ranging and accessible study of one of the most individual composers of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 18. Weight: 594.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Companions to Music
Number of Pages
327
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107606135
SKU
V9781107606135
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About Kenneth Gloag
Kenneth Gloag is Reader in Musicology at Cardiff University. He has published books on Tippett's A Child of our Time (1999) and Nicholas Maw's Odyssey (2008). He is co-editor of Peter Maxwell Davies Studies (2009) and is co-author of Musicology: The Key Concepts (2005). He is currently reviews editor of twentieth-century music. Nicholas Jones is Co-ordinating Lecturer for Humanities at ... Read more

Reviews for The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett
'A valuable, detail-packed, vade mecum to a body of work we are forgetting to our loss.' Gramophone '… a very good introduction to those who want to get simply acquainted or even better acquainted with Tippett as a man and composer.' Cercles 'If The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett communicates the state of research on the composer, that is not ... Read more

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