Alun Hoddinott : a Source Book / / R. Craggs Stewart

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784735003321
• Autore: Stewart R. Craggs
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-138-61883-7; 1-138-35358-2; 1-351-12579-6; 1-351-12655-5; 0-429-42534-1; 9780816985813; 1-351-12541-9; 1-281-09874-4; 9786611098742; 0-7546-8662-0
• Edizione: [1st edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 016.78/092; B
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-210), discography(p. 211-220), and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Index of titles -- Chronology -- Catalogue of works -- General bibliography -- Classified index of works -- General index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Born in Bargoed, Glamorganshire, in August 1929, Alun Hoddinott started to play the violin and compose at an early age. His first major success was his Clarinet Concerto No.1, given by Gervaise de Peyer and the Halle Orchestra under John Barbirolli at the 1954 Cheltenham Music Festival. This Source Book lists all Hoddinott's compositions from 1946 to 2005, almost 60 years of phenomenal output, and shows he has achieved a mastery of composition which embraces almost every musical medium. With information given on first performances, manuscript locations and recordings, in addition to details of