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245 10 a| Music theatre in Britain :b| 1960-1975 /c| Michael Hall.;

246 3 a| Music theater in Britain;

264 1 a| Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK :b| The Boydell Press,c| 2015.;

300 a| xvi, 309 pages :b| illustrations, music, portraits ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index.;

520 a| Based on Michael Hall's many interviews with leading British composers of the genre, this book looks at the heyday of the British Music Theatre in the 1960s and 70s, a period when the author as a BBC radio producer was actively involved with the contemporary music scene. Music Theatre - a composite of music, singing, dancing and speaking distinct from traditional opera and ballet - has its roots in works by Monteverdi, Schoenberg, Satie, Stravinsky, Weill, Hindemith and Eisler, but flourished anew in the 1960s, in America, Britain and Europe. Hall's book presents an account of the context for the activity of Birtwistle, Goehr and Maxwell Davies; it uncovers details of little-known early works by other major figures such as Cardew and Tavener; and it recognises the highly distinctive contributions of composers whose works are less well known. Music Theatre in Britain also throws new light upon the reaction of British composers to the economic and social upheavals of 'the Sixties', offering a distinct and valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship of the post-war musical avant-garde to social movements and ideology. Music Theatre in Britain will be of interest to all those working in the field of late twentieth-century British music, to students of composition, and to composers, performers and producers of Music Theatre.;

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Music theatre in Britain : 1960-1975 / Michael Hall.

Author/creator	Hall, Michael author.
Format	Book
Publication	Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press, 2015.
Description	xvi, 309 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 25 cm
Subjects	Musical theater--Great Britain. --History. --20th century. Dramatic music--Great Britain. --20th century. --History and criticism. Nineteen sixties. Nineteen seventies.

Variant title	Music theater in Britain
Contents	Part I: An emerging genre -- Definitions and overview -- Antecedents -- European and American contemporaries -- Part II: A genre for the times. Performers and performances -- Birtwistle's Rituals -- Goehr's Triptych -- Maxwell Davies's monodramas -- Experiment and protest -- Instrumental theatre -- Game playing and clowning -- Musica poetica -- Continuations.
Abstract	Based on Michael Hall's many interviews with leading British composers of the genre, this book looks at the heyday of the British Music Theatre in the 1960s and 70s, a period when the author as a BBC radio producer was actively involved with the contemporary music scene. Music Theatre - a composite of music, singing, dancing and speaking distinct from traditional opera and ballet - has its roots in works by Monteverdi, Schoenberg, Satie, Stravinsky, Weill, Hindemith and Eisler, but flourished anew in the 1960s, in America, Britain and Europe. Hall's book presents an account of the context for the activity of Birtwistle, Goehr and Maxwell Davies; it uncovers details of little-known early works by other major figures such as Cardew and Tavener; and it recognises the highly distinctive contributions of composers whose works are less well known. Music Theatre in Britain also throws new light upon the reaction of British composers to the economic and social upheavals of 'the Sixties', offering a distinct and valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship of the post-war musical avant-garde to social movements and ideology. Music Theatre in Britain will be of interest to all those working in the field of late twentieth-century British music, to students of composition, and to composers, performers and producers of Music Theatre.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index.
LCCN	2015563662
ISBN	9781783270125
ISBN	1783270128

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