Aspects of
British Music of
the 1990s
Edited by Peter O’Hagan,
Roehampton Institute, UK
£55 post free
The 1990s work of six British
composers forms the focus of this collection of
essays, arising from a conference that took place at University
of Surrey, Roehampton in February 1999. The composers whose music
is discussed are James Dillon, Thomas Adin, Harrison
Birtwistle, Jonathan Harvey, Edwin Roxburgh and Sebastian Forbes.
Reflecting the aims of the conference, this volume brings together
composers and musicologists to discuss both significant works
from the last decade of the twentieth century, and also some of
the wider issues surrounding British music.
Contents: Introduction, Peter O’Hagan;
Essays: James Dillon, Thomas
Adès, and the pleasures of allusion, Arnold Whittall
Multiple choice? Composing and climate change in the 1990s,
Julian Johnson; The artists’ dilemma, Edwin R.oxburgh;
In the shadows of song: Birtwistle’s Nine Movements for String
Quartet, Robert Adlington; Precarious rapture: the recent
music of Jonathan Harvey, Julian Johnson; Perception of
structure: Sonata Rondo for piano (1996), Sebastian Forbes;
INTERVIEWS:
A conversation with Harrison Birtwistle, Robert
Adlington; An interview with Jonathan Harvey; Julian
Johnson; An interview with James Dillon, Keith
Potter A conversation with Edwin Roxburgh; Caroline Potter;
An interview with Sebastian Forbes, Ates Orga; Index.
April 2003 c. 170 pages
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