Catalan-born composer Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970) left significant legacies - both musical and documentary. Exiled in Cambridge with the onset of the Spanish Civil War, he gradually achieved wide recognition by performers and conductors, in both Britain and America, as a composer whose music was essential to the modern repertoire. In this work, Meirion Bowen collects many of the composer's articles, reviews, lectures and broadcasts to demonstrate the full extent and continuity of Gerhard's artistic and creative thinking. The writings have been arranged thematically to emphasize the evolution of Gerhard's musical interests. His attachment to Spanish and Catalonian traditions broadened into a fascination with folk music of all kinds. His studies with Schoenberg in the mid 1920s gave him the key to his own creative individuality; thereafter, his imaginative vitality led him eventually to experiment with electronic and concrete music and he continued breaking new ground, even in his final years.

Gerhard on Music: Selected Writings

Arts & Photography

BOWEN, Meirion

Gerhard, Roberto

Music

Ashgate Pub Ltd

Michael Tippett

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Robson Books

Gerhard on Music: Selected Writings (Routledge Revivals)

Routledge

The Magic Night Waltz from Zaubernacht: Violin and Piano

SCHOTT - EAMC

<p>Sir Michael Tippet has been a central figure in Brittish musical life for many decades and is now widely regarded as one of the foremost composers of the century. Meirion Bowen's new updated study offers an in-depth examination of all Tippett's major compositions. The author's 35 year association with the composer and immense experience of Tippet's music in performance result in some unique insights into his creative personality. He reveals a Blake-like visionary and an intensely human artist, sensitive to both people and to public events in a strife-torn century, but also stubbornly upholding the integrity and independence of his art.</p>

Michael Tippett (The Contemporary Series)

Robson Book Ltd

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