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Tippett: A Child of Our Time - Couverture souple

Gloag, Kenneth

 
9780521597531: Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521597536 ISBN 13 : 9780521597531
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child of our Time was written at the beginning of the second world war as an expression of 'man's inhumanity to man'. It has become one of his most widely known works and one which is seen to symbolise the composer's extra-musical concerns, both political and psychological. This study places these concerns within a wider historical and cultural context while also focusing on specific aspects of Tippett's musical language. Central to this enquiry is Tippett's relationship to the work of T. S. Eliot, a relationship which is seen to condition both the text and its musical representation through Tippett's allusions to specific poetic images within the text and references to historical genres, forms and gestures within the musical dimension. Also of importance is the initial critical reception of the work, a reception which determined responses that still surround the work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child of our Time was written at the beginning of the second world war as an expression of 'man's inhumanity to man'. It has become one of his most widely known works and one which is seen to symbolise the composer's extra-musical concerns, both political and psychological. This study places these concerns within a wider historical and cultural context while also focusing on specific aspects of Tippett's musical language. Central to this enquiry is Tippett's relationship to the work of T. S. Eliot, a relationship which is seen to condition both the text and its musical representation through Tippett's allusions to specific poetic images within the text and references to historical genres, forms and gestures within the musical dimension. Also of importance is the initial critical reception of the work, a reception which determined responses that still surround the work.

Revue de presse

' ... a very thorough attempt to elucidate an acknowledged masterwork.' The Musical Times

'Like other volumes in the CUP series it is commendably brief, but not lacking in substance.' The Singer

' ... a useful showcase of current Tippett scholarship ... a significant gesture to the future.' Tempo

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521597536
ISBN 13 
9780521597531
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
124
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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