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Peter Dickinson: Words and Music
Peter Dickinson
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Description for Peter Dickinson: Words and Music
Hardback. Articles, tributes and reminiscences of composer, pianist and author Peter Dickinson are here brought together for the first time. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 862.
Articles, tributes and reminiscences of composer, pianist and author Peter Dickinson are here brought together for the first time. Peter Dickinson made an enduring contribution to British musical life, and his music has been regularly performed and recorded by leading musicians. His writings, brought together here for the first time, are equally noteworthy. Covering well over half a century, the subjects are fascinatingly varied. Apart from musical interests ranging from Charles Ives to John Cage, they touch on literature; and Dickinson's meetings with W.H. Auden and Philip Larkin are an intriguing insight that led to his Auden songs and ... Read more
Articles, tributes and reminiscences of composer, pianist and author Peter Dickinson are here brought together for the first time. Peter Dickinson made an enduring contribution to British musical life, and his music has been regularly performed and recorded by leading musicians. His writings, brought together here for the first time, are equally noteworthy. Covering well over half a century, the subjects are fascinatingly varied. Apart from musical interests ranging from Charles Ives to John Cage, they touch on literature; and Dickinson's meetings with W.H. Auden and Philip Larkin are an intriguing insight that led to his Auden songs and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783271061
SKU
V9781783271061
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for Peter Dickinson: Words and Music
This collection of articles, tributes and reminiscences is an immensely rewarding reflection of the man himself, a literary context in which to place his work as a composer and performer, and a demonstration of the sheer exuberance with which Dickinson engages with his subjects.
PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
Dickinson writes engagingly and with clarity. . . . Above all ... Read more
PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
Dickinson writes engagingly and with clarity. . . . Above all ... Read more