Encounters with British Composers

by Andrew Palmer

Book Overview

Contemporary British composers talk about their music, with the emphasis on the aesthetic sensibilities and psychological processes behind composing rather than technique.

This book features interviews with leading and upcoming British composers who use the same raw materials but produce classical music that takes very different forms. Uniquely, Andrew Palmer approaches the sometimes baffling worldof contemporary music from the point of view...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783270705
• ISBN13: 9781783270705
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 527 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.4"