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Music Theatre in Britain, 1960-1975 (Hardcover)
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Music Theatre in Britain, 1960-1975 (Hardcover)
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The author, a former BBC radio producer, conducted interviews with
many leading British composers of the day, and his account provides
for a unique insight into this often overlooked genre. Based on
Michael Hall's many interviews with leading British composers of
the genre, this book looks at the heyday of the British Music
Theatre in the 1960s and 70s, a period when the author as a BBC
radio producer was actively involved with the contemporary music
scene. Music Theatre - a composite of music, singing, dancing and
speaking distinct from traditional opera and ballet - has its roots
in works by Monteverdi, Schoenberg, Satie, Stravinsky,
Weill,Hindemith and Eisler, but flourished anew in the 1960s, in
America, Britain and Europe. Hall's book presents an account of the
context for the activity of Birtwistle, Goehr and Maxwell Davies;
it uncovers details of little-known early works by other major
figures such as Cardew and Tavener; and it recognises the highly
distinctive contributions of composers whose works are less well
known. Music Theatre in Britain also throws new light upon the
reaction of British composers to the economic and social upheavals
of 'the Sixties', offering a distinct and valuable contribution to
our understanding of the relationship of the post-war musical
avant-garde to social movementsand ideology. Music Theatre in
Britain will be of interest to all those working in the field of
late twentieth-century British music, to students of composition,
and to composers, performers and producers of Music Theatre.
MICHAEL HALL, who died in August 2012, had a long career as a
conductor, founder of Royal Northern Sinfonia, BBC producer and
broadcaster, university lecturer and writer on music.
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