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		SZYMANOWSKI ON MUSIC Alistair Wightman (trans. and ed.) Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937) is now widely acknowledged to be the most important Polish composer since Chopin. He was also a considerable thinker on musical topics: the role of music in society, the goal of musical education, the purpose of criticism, the nature of Romanticism, the hallmarks of national identity, etc. More information

		EXPERIENCING MUSIC Vagn Holmboe, trans. and ed. Paul Rapoport Vagn Holmboe, 1909–96, was one of the most important composers of his era, and the most important Danish composer after Carl Nielsen. In a book intended for the general reader, he discusses the nature of music, from the point of view of the composer, the performer and the listener. More information: paperback / cloth

		DALLAPICCOLA ON OPERA Rudy Shackelford, trans. and ed. Hans Werner Henze called Luigi Dallapiccola ‘a rare example of a very complete humanitarian artist’. This volume reaffirms Dallapiccola’s enduring importance as critic as well as composer. More information: paperback / cloth

		HAVERGAL BRIAN ON MUSIC Vol. 1: British Music Malcolm MacDonald (ed.) Havergal Brian (1876-1972) was Britain's most prolific symphonist and also a music journalist. His articles, reviews, editorials, profiles and columns on contemporary events reveal him as a highly perceptive observer, with a startling breadth of interest and a fund of personal reminiscence, many of whose insights were well in advance of his time. More information: paperback / cloth

		KLEMPERER ON MUSIC Martin Anderson (trans. and ed.) Klemperer writes here about musicians he knew and worked with, dwelling on Gustav Mahler, who was a formative influence. He writes on composers from Bach and Beethoven to Schoenberg and Zemlinsky, on colleagues from Beecham and Toscanini to Ewald Dülberg and Max Reinhardt. More information

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