Composing in Words: William Alwyn on His Art (Musicians on Music, 9*, Band 9) - Hardcover

Alwyn, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 090768971X ISBN 13: 9780907689713

Verlag: Toccata Press, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

An anthology of the writings of the English composer William Alwyn [1905-85].

The English composer William Alwyn was not only one of the most versatile creative figures of his age, writing music for the concert hall, recital room, operatic stage and film screen; he was also a virtuoso instrumentalist and conductor, the teacher of some of the most important composers of the succeeding generation, and the founder of a number of influential music committees such as the Composers' Guild of Great Britain. Alwyn was a gifted writer, too,alive to literature and art - especially pre-Raphaelite painting, on which he was an authority - as well as to music, and Composing in Words presents his most important writings: the autobiographical essay Winged Chariot; the diary, Ariel to Miranda, in which he chronicled the composition of his Third Symphony; an extract from Early Closing, Alwyn's reminiscences of his Northampton childhood; and essays on film music, and on other composers, among them Elgar, Bax and Puccini.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Toccata Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 090768971X
• ISBN 13: 9780907689713
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 366
• Herausgeber: Palmer Andrew
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