Divigations, Doodlings and Downright Lies by Cresswell, Lyell

Divigations, Doodlings and Downright Lies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781776922130)

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Divigations, Doodlings and Downright Lies by Cresswell, Lyell

Divigations, Doodlings and Downright Lies

$29.95
Divigations, Doodlings and Downright Lies by Cresswell, Lyell

Divigations, Doodlings and Downright Lies

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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During lockdown, Lyell Cresswell wrote this far from conventional autobiography. Each chapter begins with an increasingly fanciful - and very colourful - account of an exciting life. Under the cover of this playful narrative, he smuggles in deeply considered ideas about music, and about what it means to be a composer - a person who is both philosopher and storyteller. These ideas are accompanied by beautiful and exuberant pen and ink drawings - some for graphic scores, others for his own pleasure.

Author: Lyell Cresswell
ISBN-10: 1776922131
ISBN-13: 9781776922130
Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/13/2025
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
By Lyell Cresswell
By Lyell Cresswell
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Lyell Cresswell (1944- 2022) was a pre-eminent New Zealand composer of contemporary music. He studied in Wellington, Toronto, Aberdeen and Utrecht, and after 1985 was a full-time composer based in Edinburgh. His music is widely performed, and he was a featured composer at many festivals around the world and in New Zealand. His many honours include the Ian Whyte Award for the orchestral work Salm (1977) and the APRA Silver Scroll for his contribution to New Zealand music (1979). In 2002 he was awarded an honorary DMus degree by Victoria University of Wellington. His Third Piano Concerto is recei

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