Elisabeth Lutyens and Edward Clark : the orchestration of progress in British twentieth-century music /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 23 March, 2025 - 11:39

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Forkert, Annika,

Source:

Cambridge University Press,, Cambridge, United Kingdom ;New York, NY, United States, p.xviii, 241 pages : (2023)

Call Number:

ML410.L967

Keywords:

20e siècle, 20th century, Angleterre, Biographies., Biography., Chefs d'orchestre, Composers, Compositeurs, Conductors (Music), England, fast, Grande-Bretagne, Great Britain, Histoire et critique., History and criticism., Music, Musique

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-236) and index.Introduction -- Conducting personae : Clark as a conductor, 1910-1962 -- Composing influence : Lutyens's compositional beginnings, 1938-1961 -- Crafting music : Lutyens's scores for film and television, 1944-1975 -- Collaborating to control : Clark and Lutyens as administrators and organisers, 1939-1960 -- Completing the lives : Lutyens after Clark, 1962-1983 -- Afterword."Combining analyses of modernist concert and stage music by Elisabeth Lutyens with those of her audiovisual scores, and contextualising Lutyens and Edward Clark's biographies within international developments in dodecaphonic music and music-making, this book will speak to a wide audience interested in British and European twentieth-century music"--