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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"british composers"”.
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Early Nineteenth-Century British Song Settings of Poems From the Romances of Sir Walter Scott
… popular during the period, many written by British composers using as lyrics the texts of British Romantic writers. One of the purposes of this study is to make available for the first time a collection of early nineteenth-century British solo songs based on the writings of a major Romantic …
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The impact of Russian music in England 1893-1929
… 1893-1929 and the influence it had on English composers. Part I deals with the critical reception of Russian music in England in the cultural and political context of the period from the year of Tchaikovsky’s last successful visit to London in 1893 to the last season of Diaghilev’s Ballet …
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Exploring the ‘New Sound’ in Ensembles for Zheng and Western Instruments
… 1960s in the West and the 1980s in the China, composers began exploring ‘new sounds’, a description which refers to the novel combination of elements from different compositional periods and traditions. A number of books and academic sources have already utilised this phrase, including New …
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Style in the Music of Arthur Sullivan: An Investigation
… impact of the early Romantic German school of composers such as Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann. In the second half of the thesis, selected features of Sullivan’s style are analysed in detail as is the influence of prominent European composers such as Berlioz and Liszt. The final section is …
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Pax Britannica: Edward Elgar's Caractacus as a musical expression of British imperialism
British composer Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934) is most famous for his later works including his “Enigma” variations, symphonies, and “Pomp and Circumstance” marches. His Choral-Orchestral output from his later years includes his Catholic-inspired oratorios The Dream of Gerontius, The Apostles, and The …
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"""The ineffable moments will be harder won"": the genesis, compositional process, and early performance history of Michael Tippett's The Heart's Assurance"
… Britten’s cyclical works and those of other British composers. This cycle, which moved Tippett to tears into his nineties, was intended to eulogize the memory of one of his dearest friends, Francesca Allinson. Tippett later expanded the dedication to serve as a requiem to both Allinson and …
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A conductor's theoretical and performance analysis of Nicholas Maw's "American Games" for symphonic wind ensemble
… to the instrumental music of the living British composer Nicholas Maw and a detailed analysis of American Games, his only work for symphonic wind ensemble. The document is divided into four chapters, the first of which contains introductory, biographical, and repertoire information. …