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Dictionary-Catalog of Modern British Composers [3 Volumes]

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ISBN-10: 0313316236

ISBN-13: 9780313316234

Edition: 2000

Authors: Alan Poulton, Vernon Handley

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This catalog of works, organized alphabetically by composer, details the compositions of 54 modern British composers born between 1891 and 1923. Volume one covers composers from John Addison to Arnold Cooke. Volume two covers Christian Darnton to Elisabeth Lutyens. And volume three includes Elizabeth Maconchy to David Wynne. Compositions are listed chronologically and include pertinent information about the performance, year of composition, music history, first recordings, and original manuscript location. Concert music is listed separately from documentary and feature films and from music composed for radio, television or stage. As a tool for further research, this catalog will appeal to…    
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Book details

List price: $127.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 9/30/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1744
Size: 6.90" wide x 9.90" long x 4.20" tall
Weight: 6.468
Language: English

Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgements: Personal Notes about the Composers
Composer Productivity: An Analytical Approach
Abbreviations
Composer Catalogues
John Addison (1920-1998)
William Alwyn (1905-1985)
Denis ApIvor (1916-)
Richard Arnell (1917-)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-)
Don Banks (1923-1980)
Stanley Bate (1911-1959)
Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Alan Bush (1900-1995)
Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998)
Francis Chagrin (1905-1972)
Arnold Cooke (1906-)
Title Index
Abbreviations
Composer Catalogues
Christian Darnton (1905-1981)
Howard Ferguson (1908-1999)
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
Benjamin Frankel (1906-1973)
Peter Racine Fricker (1920-1990)
John Gardner (1917-)
Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970)
Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)
Eugene Goossens (1893-1962)
Patrick Hadley (1899-1973)
Iain Hamilton (1922-)
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)
Daniel Jones (1912-1993)
Constant Lambert (1905-1951)
Walter Leigh (1905-1942)
George Lloyd (1913-1998)
Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983)
Title Index
Abbreviations
Composer Catalogues
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994)
E.J. Moeran (1894-1950)
Herbert Murrill (1909-1952)
Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)
Ian Parrott (1916-)
Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986)
Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971)
Franz Reizenstein (1911-1968)
Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
Humphrey Searle (1915-1982)
Matyas Seiber (1905-1960)
Robert Simpson (1921-1998)
Bernard Stevens (1916-1983)
Phyllis Tate (1911-1987)
Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
William Walton (1902-1983)
Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Grace Williams (1906-1977)
Peter Wishart (1921-1984)
William Wordsworth (1908-1988)
David Wynne (1900-1983)
Title Index
Addenda