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Edmund Rubbra : symphonist / Leo Black.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML410.R887 B53 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Black, Leo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rubbra, Edmund, 1901-1986.
- Rubbra, Edmund.
- Rubbra, Edmund, 1901-1986--Criticism and interpretation.
- Composers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Composers.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 242 pages : portrait, music ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- A new account of Rubbra's symphonies, setting them fully in the context of his life and other work.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Rubbra in the Third Millennium? 1
- 2 The Early Years 18
- 3 The First Four Symphonies 41
- 4 The Fifth Symphony 84
- 5 A Question of Mysticism - I 100
- 6 The Sixth Symphony 108
- 7 A Question of Mysticism - II 131
- 8 The Seventh Symphony 135
- 9 The Tide Turns: The Eighth Symphony 159
- 10 The Last Three Symphonies 176
- Appendix 1 Rubbra on the Fourth Symphony (1942) 205
- Appendix 2 The Rubbra Sixth: Some Reflections (1955) 206.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-224) and indexes.
- Includes discography: pages [225]-227.
- ISBN:
- 9781843833550
- 1843833557
- OCLC:
- 156824734
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