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Ronald Stevenson - The Man and his Music. A Symposium. (Hardcover, New Ed)
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This collection of essays covers virtually all of Stevenson's
enormous output and features contributions from leading
authorities. Ronald Stevenson is one of Britain's leading
composers, and almost certainly its most prolific. He is best known
for his massive Passacaglia on DSCH - at 80 minutes long, the
biggest single-movement work in the piano literature. But he has an
enormous number of other fine works to his credit: a vast corpus of
original and exciting works for the piano, the instrument of which
he is an acknowledged master, a number of innovative and impressive
scores for orchestra [including four concertos], many attractive
pieces of chamber music, and over two hundred songs. All of them
testify to Stevenson's enduring belief in the value of melody.
Stevenson is also one of the last representatives of the great
tradition of Romantic composer-pianists - the tradition that
embraced Paderewski and Busoni, two figures with whom he feels a
particularly affinity, and whose heritage he has extended, both as
performer and creative personality, into the modern age. This
collection of essays covers virtually all of Stevenson's enormous
output. It features contributions from a number of leading
authorities: Malcolm MacDonald on the orchestral music, Ates Orga
on the piano works, Alistair Chisholm on the chamber music, Derek
Watson on the songs, Harold Taylor on Stevenson's pianism, Jamie
Reid Baxter on the choral music and on Stevenson's position in
Scottish culture. It also reproduces a selection of Stevenson's
exquisite piano miniatures, in facsimiles of the composer's
calligraphic script. In a Foreword written shortly before his
death, Lord Menuhin describes Stevenson as 'one of the most
original minds in the composition of music' and predicts that 'his
music will be appreciated more and more'. This book is a major step
in that process of discovery. COLIN SCOTT-SUTHERLAND has
contributed several articles on RonaldStevenson's work to various
journals, and a chapter on his music to British Music Now.
General
Imprint: |
Toccata Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
2005 |
First published: |
2005 |
Editors: |
Colin Scott-Sutherland
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Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 34mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
600 |
Edition: |
New Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-907689-40-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-907689-40-X |
Barcode: |
9780907689409 |
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