English Pastoral Partsongs

Paul Spicer (Herausgeber)

Notenblätter

128 Seiten

1994 | Vocal score
Oxford University Press
978-0-19-343722-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A collection of 19 partsongs for unaccompanied SATB by British composers writing in the first half of the twentieth century. There are a variety of pieces, from settings of simple beauty to more opulent works that are rich in chromaticism and sonority.

Autor

Paul Spicer began his musical training as a chorister at New College, Oxford. He studied with Herbert Howells and Richard Popplewell at the Royal College of Music in London, winning the Walford Davies Organ Prize in his final year. He taught music for ten years from 1974 at Uppingham School and Ellesmere College before becoming a Producer for BBC Radio 3 in 1984, and Senior Producer for the Midlands Region in 1986 based in Birmingham. In 1990 he became Artistic Director of the Lichfield International Arts Festival, and also Director of the Abbotsholme Arts Society. He relinquished these posts in July 2001 in order to pursue a completely freelance musical career.

Inhalt

In the wilderness ; The splendour falls on castle walls ; To daffodils ; My spirit sang all day ; I praise the tender flower ; Haste on, my joys! ; Devotion ; This have I done for my true love ; Dream Tryst ; The Scribe ; The hills ; Love is a sickness ; O mistress mine ; Three Shakespeare Songs ; Silence and Music ; Soft music ; The spring of the year

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 174 x 254 mm
• Gewicht: 270 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Singen / Musizieren
• ISBN-10: 0-19-343722-8 / 0193437228
• ISBN-13: 978-0-19-343722-7 / 9780193437227
• Zustand: Neuware