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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459181103321

Autore

Clarke David

Titolo

Tippett Studies [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 1999

ISBN

1-107-17296-9

0-511-37020-2

0-511-48199-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Cambridge Composer Studies

Disciplina

780

780.92

Soggetti

Composers -- England -- Correspondence

Composers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence

Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998 -- Correspondence

Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998 -- Criticism and interpretation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; References to Tippett's scores and essays; 1 'Only half rebelling': tonal strategies, folksong and 'Englishness' in Tippett's Concerto for Double String Orchestra; I; II; III; IV; 2 From pastiche to free composition: R.O.Morris, Tippett, and the development of pitch resources in the Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli; I; II; III; IV; 3 'Is there a choice at all?'King Priam and motives for analysis; I; II; III; IV; V

4 Tippett's Second Symphony, Stravinsky and the language of neoclassicism: towards a critical frameworkI; II; III; 5 Tippett,sequence and metaphor; 6 Tonal elements and their significance in Tippett's Sonata No.3 for Piano; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; 7 'Significant gestures to the past': formal processes and visionary moments in Tippett's Triple Concerto; I; II; III; 8 Tippett's King Priam and 'the tragic vision'; I; II; III; IV; 9 Tippett at the millennium: a personal memoir; 10 Decline or renewal in late Tippett? The Fifth String Quartet in perspective; I; II; III; IV; V

Appendix: glossary of terms used in pitch-class set theoryIndex



Sommario/riassunto

This book covers all of Tippett's style-periods and many of the key genres within his oeuvre.