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 | Copland Connotations: Studies and Interviews The contributors to Copland Connotations - both American and British - include the leading figures in Copland studies. Pre-eminent among these is Vivian Perlis, whose two-volume memoirs were written in collaboration with the composer himself; then Howard Pollack, whose substantial biography of Copland has been acclaimed; and also other established specialists in American music such as Stephen Banfield, William Brooks, Mark DeVoto, ..... more | |
 | Roger Quilter: His Life and Music The songs of Roger Quilter are a staple of the English art song repertoire, yet little is known of his life, and his popularity suffered an eclipse in postwar years largely through changing musical fashions. Championed by the great English tenor Gervase Elwes, Quilter became famous for songs such as 'Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal', 'Love's Philosophy' and 'Go, Lovely Rose'. ...... more | |
 | Gustav Mahler: Songs & Symphonies A monument in Mahler studies, this volume concentrates on the composer's vocal music and, in particular, on some of his most famous, most original and best loved compositions: the late Rueckert orchestral songs and Kindertotenlieder; Das Lied von der Erde, one of the composer's supreme masterpieces, analysed and interpreted here as never before; and finally, Donald Mitchell takes a long look at the vast Eighth Symphony. more | |
 | Parry to Finzi: Twenty English Song-Composers The composers in this book represent the outstanding songwriters from what we can now see as the golden age of English romantic song. As well as the major figure - Parry, Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Quilter, Ireland, Gurney, Warlock and Finzi - there are chapters on lesser-known composers, such as Denis Browne and Charles Orr. more | |
 | Portrait of Percy Grainger Percy Grainger (1882-1961) was a pianist, composer, ethnographer, essayist, and much more. The Australian-American musician aspired to the condition of a polymath, with strong interests in language, culture, ecology and technology. In an age of increasing specialisation Grainger held to a breathless all-roundedness. ...... more | |
 | The Best Years of British Film Music, 1936-1958 Far from being a dry historical account, this fascinating and unusual book deals uncompromisingly with the impact of British character on its artistic legacy. Detailing how the resulting idiosyncracies of British film served to isolate it from its Hollywood counterpart, the book reveals how differences between the two industries in all aspects of film making ...... more | |
 | The Gamelan Digul and the Prison-Camp Musician Who Built It The central focus is the story of a particular Javanese group of 'matching' musical instruments: the gamelan Digul. Made in 1927, this group of instruments was meant to be played in a sort of 'orchestral' fashion. Its builder was a superb Javanese court musician who was interned for revolutionary activities in the notorious ...... more | |
 | William Walton: Muse of Fire 2002 is the centenary of Walton's birth When in June 1923 a bewildered audience in London's Aeolian Hall heard Edith Sitwell declaim her Façade poems through a megaphone, the 21-year-old William Walton - conducting behind a painted backcloth - stood on the threshold of fame. ...... more | |
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