Contents: Preface Jonathan Harvey; Introduction Wyndham Thomas; The Process of Composition from Detection to Confection Robert Saxton; The Composer and Opera Performance Raymond Warren; Composing, Arranging and Editing: A Historical Survey Wyndham Thomas; A Performer’s Responsibility Susan Bradshaw; Freedom of Interpretation in Twentieth-Century Music Charles Rosen; The Body in Performance Eric Clarke and Jane Davidson; Expectation and Interpretation in the Reception of New Music: A Case Study Adrian Beaumont; The Domestic Gesamtkunstwerk, or Record Sleeves and Reception Nicholas Cook; Form and Forming: From Victorian Aesthetics to the Mid-twentieth-Century Avant-Garde Bojan Bujic; Stravinsky and the Vicious Circle: Some Remarks about the Composer and the Press Stephen Walsh; Mobilising our Man: Politics and Music in Poland during the Decade after World War II Adrian Thomas; Notes; Lists of Examples and Illustrations; Contributor’s Details; Index.
Wyndham Thomas, University of Bristol, UK rtdPreface by Jonathan Harvey Jonathan Harvey, Wyndham Thomas, Robert Saxton, Raymond Warren, Susan Bradshaw, Charles Rosen, Eric Clarke, Jane Davidson, Adrian Beaumont, Nicholas Cook, Bojan Bujic, Stephen Walsh, Adrian Thomas.
’this book is definitely recommended...the catholic range of this volume will present much material. And if you are curious about what composers and performers say they do, then buy this book.’ Musical Times
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