Elisabeth Lutyens and Edward Clark : the orchestration of progress in British twentieth-century music / Annika Forkert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forkert, Annika, author.

Series:

Music in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lutyens, Elisabeth, 1906-1983.

Lutyens, Elisabeth.

Lutyens, Elisabeth, 1906-1983--Criticism and interpretation.

Clark, Edward, 1888-1962.

Clark, Edward.

Composers--England--Biography.

Composers.

Conductors (Music)--England--Biography.

Conductors (Music).

Music--Great Britain--20th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 241 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The composer Elisabeth Lutyens and her second husband, the conductor and music programmer Edward Clark, were innovators in composition, conducting, programming, teaching, and music administration in Britain between 1918 and 1983. Controversial in their professional and personal views and tastes, their achievements obscured by layers of anecdote and some self-inflicted reputational harm, this book critically re-assesses their roles as cornerstones of structures and developments in British music that we now take for granted. Key to understanding their central roles in orchestrating musical progress is the ambiguous role of influence in their work and the intimate connections between British and European music. This study critically charts their professional lives in music, taking a holistic approach to contextualise Lutyens and Clark's multifaceted work in music historically, music-analytically, and culturally.

Contents:

Conducting Personas. Clark as a Conductor, 1910 - 1962

Composing Influence. Lutyens's Compositional Beginnings, 1938 - 1961

Crafting Music. Lutyens's Scores for Film and Television, 1944 - 1975

Collaborating to Control. Clark and Lutyens as Administrators and Organisers, 1939 - 1960

Completing the Lives. Lutyens after Clark, 1962 - 1983.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009337342 (ebook)

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