British Light Music is a genre which seems to be disappearing except in a few brave areas. Many of the composers involved are not dealt with well by standard reference works. Now, Philip L Scowcroft's book British Light Music, a personal gallery of 20th century composers is being reprinted by Dance Books in a completely re-set edition. It contains biographical and musical essays on 30 major composers and more than 300 shorter entries on other composers. With entries on Eric Coates, Haydn Wood, Albert Ketelby, Alfred Reynolds Hubert Bath, Billy Mayerl, Richard Addinsell and many more. Ernest Tomlinson, doyen of living light music composers, contributes a thoughtful and challenging Foreword. There is a special pre-publication offer on the book £10 before April 30, or £15 afterwards. See the Dance Books website for further details.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts this month
-
Britten: Albert Herring - Dan D'Souza, Caspar Singh - ENO 2025 (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Britten: Albert Herring ; Caspar Singh, Emma...
-
Having recorded a disc of motets by Francois Couperin (see my review ), Edward Higginbottom and the choir of New College Oxford have turne...
-
Gluck: Iphigenia in Tauris - Danny Shelvey (Orestes) & the Furies - Blackheath Halls Opera (Photo: Julian Guidera) Gluck: Iphigenia in ...
-
The Siege of Florence (1558) by Giorgio Vasari, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence San Matteo in Arcetri is the reddish building in the bottom left ...
-
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia - Jenny Stafford, William Morgan - English Touring Opera (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Britten: The Rape of...
-
Hummel: Quintet, Bertini: Grand Sextuor; Sestetto Classico; MDG Reviewed by Andreas Rey (22 September 2025) Two large-scale chamber works fr...
-
What about blowing the box to pieces: composer Eímear Noone on writing for video games, films and TVEímear Noone (Photo: Andy Paradise) Dublin and LA-based composer Eímear Noone is known for her scores for video games, films and TV. She re...
-
Adam's Lament: Arvo Pärt at 90 - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste - Barbican Hall (Photo: ...
-
Rossini: Ermione - Beth Taylor (Ermione) - Jakob Lehmann, Orchestra Révolutionnaire et Romantique at Cadogan Hall (Photo: Paul Marc Mitche...
-
Mozart: Zaide - Lea Desandre, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Pygmalion - Salzburg Festival (Photo: SF/Marco Borrelli) Mozart: Zaide oder der Weg...
No comments:
Post a Comment