Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-403) and index.
Synopsis
This is the first book-length survey of 20th -century British music for solo organ. Beginning with a discussion of British organ music in the last decades of the Victorian era, the book focuses on the pieces that the composers wrote, their musical style, possible influences on the composition of specific works, and the details of their composition.
Table of Contents
British organ music at the dawn of the century -- Hubert Parry -- Charles Stanford -- Basil Harwood -- The pivotal role of the Royal College of Music-Walter Alcock and Charles Wood -- William Faulkes, William Wolstenholme, Alfred Hollins, and Edwin Lemare -- Ralph Vaughan Williams and Frank Bridge -- Edward Bairstow -- John Ireland, William Harris, and Harold Drake -- Healey Willan -- Herbert Howells -- Percy Whitlock -- Celebratory music -- New wine in old bottles -- Three midcentury composers of Gebrauchsmusik-Alec Rowley, Eric Thiman, and William Lloyd Webber -- Francis Jackson -- Serialism -- Peter Fricker -- Arthur Wills -- Kenneth Leighton -- Malcolm Williamson -- Avant-garde program music after 1950 -- Maxwell Davies -- William Mathias -- Alan Ridout -- Roman Catholic organ music and Colin Mawby -- The path taken in the twentieth century and a look at what may lie ahead -- Catalogue of works.