Alan Bush: A Source Book Contributor(s): Craggs, Stewart (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0815387539 ISBN-13: 9780815387534 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | Individual Composer & Musician - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Physical Information: 200 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Born in 1900, Alan Bush, the English composer, conductor and pianist, studied with Corder and Matthay, and privately with John Ireland. He was appointed professor of harmony and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in 1925, a post he held until 1978. In 1929-31, he continued to study at Berlin University and had piano lessons with Moiseiwitsch and Schnabel. The present Source Book documents his works (many of which reflect his Communist sympathies) and the many arrangements of music by other composers. A wealth of detail is provided, including printed scores, CD recordings, bibliographical material and manuscript scores and their locations, the majority of which have been deposited recently in the British Library by the Bush family. A chronology of the composer's life draws on many sources including letters and scrapbooks. |