Thomas Schuttenhelm (Connecticut University of Hartford)

The Orchestral Music of Michael Tippett

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Produktbeschreibung

Thomas Schuttenhelm's book presents an investigation into Michael Tippett's creative process and a comprehensive critical commentary on his orchestral music.

Produktdetails

• Music since 1900
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 840g
• ISBN-13: 9781107000247
• ISBN-10: 1107000246
• Artikelnr.: 39633670

Autorenporträt

A composer, guitarist and scholar, Dr Thomas Schuttenhelm is on the faculty at the Hartt School (University of Hartford) and Central Connecticut State University. He was a UK Fulbright Fellow and a British Music Studies Fellow (The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin). He has lectured at Yale University, Connecticut, Cardiff University, the University of Newcastle, the University of Sussex, the University of London and the Mannheim Hochschule für Musik. He was the editor of The Selected Letters of Michael Tippett and is a contributing author to The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett. In addition to performing and promoting Tippett's music, he has contributed to numerous BBC broadcasts and continues to play an important role in the creation, performance and scholarship of contemporary music.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Symphonic Movement (1930) and the Symphony in B-Flat (1933
4); 2. Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1938
9); 3. Fantasia on a Theme of Handel (1939
41); 4. Symphony No. 1 (1944
5); 5. Little Music (1946); 6. Suite in D (1948); 7. Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli (1953); 8. Divertimento on 'Sellinger's Round' (1953
4); 9. Piano Concerto (1953
4); 10. Symphony No. 2 (1956
7); 11. Praeludium for Brass, Bells and Percussion (1962); 12. Concerto for Orchestra (1962
3); 13. Symphony No. 3 (1970
2); 14. Symphony No. 4 (1976
7); 15. Triple Concerto (1978
9); 16. The Rose Lake (1991
3).