Peter Hardwick British Organ Music of the Twentieth Centu (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

by Peter Hardwick

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Further Details Title: British Organ Music of the Twentieth Century Condition: New Author: Peter Hardwick Publisher: Scarecrow Press EAN: 9780810844483 ISBN: 9780810844483 Format: Hardback ISBN-10: 0810844486 Release Date: 12/17/2002 Item Height: 221mm Item Length: 146mm Item Width: 32mm Item Weight: 689g Language: English Genre: Music Dance & Theatre Description: This is the first book-length survey of 20th -century British music for solo organ. Beginning with a discussion of British organ music in the last decades of the Victorian era, the book focuses on the pieces that the composers wrote, their musical style, possible influences on the composition of specific works, and the details of their composition. Arranged in chronological order according to date of birth are detailed studies on important composers that made especially significant contributions to organ music including Parry, Stanford, Healey Willan, Herbert Howells, Percy Whitlock, Francis Jackson, Peter Racine Fricker, Arthur Wills, and Kenneth Leighton. Composers' biographies, the role of organs and organ building developments, influential political and sociological events, and aesthetic aspects of British musical life are also discussed in detail. In the concluding chapter, the author discusses the major phases and achievements of the century and gauges what may lie ahead in the new millennium. A comprehensive Catalog of Works provides titles of works, dates of composition, details of publishers, and the dates

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2002
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780810844483
• Condition: Fine

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