British music after Britten / Arnold Whittall.
| Author/creator | Whittall, Arnold author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xii, 338 pages) : illustrations, music. |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Aldeburgh studies in music ; volume 14 Aldeburgh studies in music ; v. 14. ^A324301 |
| Contents | Introduction: Britten and British music -- Tippett and twentieth-century polarities -- A voyage beyond romance : the music of Nicholas Maw -- Connections and constellations : Robin Holloway and Brian Ferneyhough -- Richard Barrett, Cornelius Cardew : resistance and reflection -- Shock waves : the musical elements of James Dillon -- Northern roots : John Casken, Hugh Wood, John McCabe -- Affirmative anger : James Clarke and the music of abstract expressionism -- Distressed surfaces : Morgan Hayes and twenty-first-century expressionism -- 'Into the breach' : Oliver Knussen in his time -- Rotations and reflections : the musical presence of George Benjamin -- Michael Finnissy's instrumental music drama -- The public and the personal : Birtwistle and Maxwell Davies at 80 -- Measures of authenticity : the macrotonal music of Julian Anderson -- From post-tonal to postmodern? : two string quartets by Joseph Phibbs -- The Ades effect -- Power, potential : Robert Simpson, Mark Simpson -- Michael Tippett and the modern musical citizen. |
| Abstract | By common consent the leading British composer of the twentieth-century's middle decades, Britten continues to create significant contexts for the work of those who survived and succeeded him. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 21, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: 1783274972 9781783274970 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 178744869X (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781787448698 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctvrcqrvm JSTOR |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |