Joseph Holbrooke

Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot
Herausgeber: Forbes, Anne-Marie; Watt, Paul

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first scholarly work to document the musical life of Joseph Holbrooke, one of Britain's most prolific and controversial composers during the first half of the twentieth century. Holbrooke was outspoken on many issues, including the maligned fortunes of British composers, which he believed were brought about by apathy and indifference on the part of critics and the public. Despite doubts in various quarters over Holbrooke's ability to forge a unique compositional idiom, many of his works were performed to critical acclaim in Britain, Europe, and the United States. Today, Holbrooke's music is increasingly enjoyed and recorded. Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot opens with a biographical overview of Holbrooke that concentrates on his relationship with Granville Bantock and Wales and the role that Lord Howard de Walden played in Holbrooke's work and development. Contributors offer studies of a selection of repertory by Holbrooke, including his chamber music, the operas Pierrot and Pierrette and The Enchanted Garden, and his tone poem "The Raven." The final chapter describes Holbrooke's patriotism by examining his book Contemporary British Composers, which was published in 1925. Included is an appendix that provides the first comprehensive and corrected list of Holbrooke's compositions. This book will interest not only musicologists, musicians and listeners interested in the repertory of the British classical music tradition but also scholars and general readers interested in the ways Celticism, poetic inspiration, and nationalist ideology were expressed in the work of classical composers in the early twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 768g
• ISBN-13: 9780810888913
• ISBN-10: 0810888912
• Artikelnr.: 41194887

Autorenporträt

Paul Watt is a senior lecturer in musicology in the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University. Anne-Marie Forbes is a senior lecturer in musicology at the Conservatorium of Music, Tasmanian College of the Arts, University of Tasmania.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments
Chronology of Holbrooke's Life and Music Chapter 1: Situating Holbrooke in
British Musical History Paul Watt and Anne-Marie Forbes Chapter 2: Joseph
Holbrooke: A Life in Outline Rob Barnett Chapter 3: Friendship with
Granville Bantock David Craik Chapter 4: Celtic Connections and T.E. Ellis
Anne-Marie Forbes Chapter 5: Holbrooke's Chamber Music and the Specter of
Mass Culture Paul Hopwood Chapter 6: Holbrooke and Chamber Opera: Pierrot
and Pierette and The Enchanted Garden Paul Rodmell Chapter 7: Holbrooke and
Poe Revisited: Refiguring The Raven as the Musical Uncanny Michael Allis
Chapter 8: A "Nationalist in Art": Holbrooke's Contemporary British
Composers (1925) Paul Watt Appendix 1: Catalog of Works Appendix 2: Music
Inspired by Welsh Subjects Appendix 3: Discography References Index List of
Contributors