The Music of Herbert Howells (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781843838791)

The book's coverage is wide-ranging, addressing all aspects of the composer's prolific output and probing many of the issues that it raises. The essays are gathered in five sections: Howells the Stylist, Howells the Vocal Composer, Howells the Instrumental Composer, Howells the Modern and Howells in Mourning. The composer that emerges from these studies is a complex figure: technically fluent but prone to revision and self-doubt; innovative but also conservative; a composer with an improvisational sense of flow who had a firm grasp of musical form; an exponent of British musical style who owed as much to continental influence as to his national heritage.

Author: Phillip A. Cooke
ISBN-10: 1843838796
ISBN-13: 9781843838791
Publisher: Boydell Press
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2013
Pages: 382
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d