Hannah French

Sir Henry Wood: Champion of J.S. Bach

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sir Henry J. Wood (1869-1944), co-founder and chief conductor of the Proms, is often noted for his championing of the leading composers of the day, including Richard Strauss, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Ravel and Vaughan Williams. He also played pivotal role in advocating and performing the music of J.S. Bach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 353
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781783273850
• ISBN-10: 1783273852
• Artikelnr.: 54948259

Autorenporträt

Hannah French

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Wood's Role in the English Bach Revival Bach in Pre-Proms
England Wood's Encounter with Bach Orchestral Bach at the Proms Wood's Bach
Players Performance Scores Recordings An Editorial Project Orchestral
Arrangements The Cantatas Passions and the Mass The Reception of Wood's
Bach Wood's Bach Legacy Epilogue Appendix A: The Bach Choir: Performances
of Bach's Orchestral works 1884-1944 Appendix B: John Sebastian Bach: The
times he lived in, and his life's work Appendix C: Bach Performances at the
Proms 1895-1944 Appendix D: Promenades 1941: nightly attendance and income
Appendix E: Soloists in the Orchestral Suites and Brandenburg Concertos
1895-1944 Appendix F: Members of the New Queen's Hall Orchestra 1928
Appendix G: Wood's predecessors and contemporaries in the field of Bach
arrangements and transcriptions Appendix H: A sample of Bach performances
given in 1926 Appendix I: Performances of the Brandenburg Concertos and
Orchestral Suites at the Proms 1945-2018 Bibliography