Rhoderick Mcneill

The Symphony in Australia from Federation to 1960. by Rhoderick McNeill

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first study of a neglected genre and has four aims: firstly, to show the development of symphonic composition in Australia from Federation to 1960; secondly to highlight the achievement of the main composers who wrote symphonies; thirdly, to advocate the restoration and revival of this repertory; and, lastly, to take a step towards a recasting of the narrative of Australian concert music from Federation to the present. In particular, symphonies by Marshall-Hall, Hart, Bainton, Hughes, Le Gallienne and Morgan emerge as works of particular significance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9781409441243
• ISBN-10: 1409441245
• Artikelnr.: 41249525

Autorenporträt

Rhoderick McNeill completed his PhD on the life and works of E.J. Moeran at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He taught music theory and history at Nommensen University, Medan, Indonesia and, since 1996, at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. His two-volume history of Western music in Indonesian, Sejarah Musik, has been in print continuously since 1998.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction
The symphony within international music trends 1900-60
The Australian musical environment for symphonic composition
Australian pioneers of the Federation period
Symphonies of the 1920s and 1930s
Australian symphonies 1940-60 in late Romantic and post-Impressionist styles
Nationalist symphonies of the 1950s
Neo-classic and 'progressive' symphonies of the 1950s
Australian expatriate symphonies
The aftermath: the 1960s and conclusions
Select bibliography
Index.