Published in association with the Cosman Keller Art and Music Trust. Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-214) and index.
Contents:
Pt. 2. The music of words. Notes on Auden. Compose yourself ; The way we listen now ; The time of music ; The music of time ; 'Could I but express...' ; The expressionist moment ; Sight and sound ; 'Fain would I change that note' ; New notes for old Instruments ; Survival of the soundest ; But is it Mozart? (I) -- Pt. 2. The music of words. Setting words to rights ; Cross-talk ; The librettist's lament ; Notes on Auden. Part 3. Composing mortals. The rest is silence. Haydn alone ; But is it Mozart? (II) ; Wagner takes the stage ; Brahms and antipathy ; Poulenc en collage ; The case of Ruth Crawford Seeger ; In search of Walton ; The once and future Tippett ; The Britten aesthetic ; Stravinsky's Britten ; Carter's relativity rag ; The 'found sounds' of Judith Weir -- Envoi: In search of an ending. Earlier than thou ; Style or idea? ; Down with classical music ; Behind closed doors ; Hollywood and bust ; Blueprints for an expanding universe ; Less means less ; Reverberations of 1968 ; Fear and loathing of modern music ; Voices of the world, unite! ; Green and prescient land ; Deteriorating reception on the Third ; It's a Cultural revolution ; Last waltz? -- Envoi: In search of an ending. In search of an ending ; It tolls for thee ; Echoes from Selborne ; The rest is silence.
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