Bliss On Music

Author : Stewart R. Craggs
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351765051
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arthur Bliss: Music and Literature written by Stewart R. Craggs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2002. This volume of essays seeks to reflect aspects of the life and work of Arthur Bliss, Master of the Queen's Music. Though each is self-contained, the editor has attempted to keep a theme running throughout. Looking beyond surface impressions is an attitude constantly expressed.

Author : Paul Spicer
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 071983158X
Total Pages : 635 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sir Arthur Bliss written by Paul Spicer and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Bliss (1891–1975) was one of the most important British musicians of his age. Born into a family where music played a highly significant role, his talent emerged early. He served with distinction in the Great War, in which he was both injured and gassed. After the War he set the musical world alight with ultra-modern works, earning himself the soubriquet enfant terrible and leading to his first major work, the Colour Symphony. His dual American/British birthright led to a close connection with the USA and marriage to an American girl, Trudy Hoffman, who would be a mainstay of his life. Before long he became the most performed British composer abroad and his portfolio of works included ballet, film (H.G. Wells's Things to Come remains one of the finest film scores), opera, orchestral, chamber, choral works and song. He was a diplomat, a skill that was recognized in many appointments from the Government to travel using music as soft power, notably to Russia in 1956. He served as Director of Music at the BBC from 1942–4, was knighted and soon after appointed Master of the Queen's Music. Bliss was a private figure who stated that the only way to get to know him was through his music. Paul Spicer takes this as his starting point for this pioneering biography, which underlines the timely importance of a complete reappraisal of this important composer's music.

Author : Laura Harrington
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1743038550
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alice Bliss written by Laura Harrington and published by Picador. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice Bliss is fifteen. She's smart, funny, and clever. Not afraid to stand up for the things she believes in. She also idolises her father and, when he leaves home to fight a war she doesn't believe in, Alice is distraught. She and her mother negotiate his absence as best they can - waiting impatiently for his letters, throwing themselves into school and work respectively, bickering intermittently and, in Alice's case, falling for the boy next door - but then they're told that he's missing in action and have to face up to the fact that he may never return. Telling a story of love and loss, of grief and growing up, of family and friendship, Alice Bliss is a powerful, poignant portrayal of a young girl facing up to the unthinkable. Both intimate and universal, it is, ultimately, a story of a daughter's love for her father.

Author : Amy Schumaker Bliss
Publisher : Bookbaby
ISBN 13 : 9781543960617
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amy's Brass Band written by Amy Schumaker Bliss and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly all children's books about music are written about the orchestra. While the orchestra is one of the foundational ensembles of our culture, there are many more kinds of ensembles that are popular worldwide, including the brass band. When Dr. Amy Schumaker Bliss couldn't find a children's book about brass bands for her son, she decided to write one herself. Written with the expertise of a brass band specialist and illustrated with an eye for detail, this book introduces a basic history of brass bands, the various instruments in a brass band, and different purposes of a brass band all in language that children can understand. Illustrations by Allie Geddert are beautifully colorful and instruments are drawn precisely, with many eyes ensuring accuracy. With a goal of cultural and physical ability inclusion, Amy worked hard to make sure that every child can see him or herself in a character in this book. This book is for everyone: future musicians, parents, grandparents, music educators, classroom teachers, everyone who has ever heard a brass band, and everyone who hasn't. Join Amy as she takes you through her brass band.

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Publisher : eNPublishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life Bliss Magazine Apr 2009 written by and published by eNPublishers. This book was released on with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arthur Bliss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bliss on Music written by Arthur Bliss and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) was a leading figure in British music for five decades, and one of the foremost British composers to emerge after the First World War. His early works such as the symphony Morning Heroes, the ballet Checkmate, and the opera The Olympians show the influence of Stravinsky and the French group "Les Six." He gained prominence in the British musical establishment and was made Master of the Queen's Musick in 1953. Bliss was also a prolific writer of articles, reviews, lectures, and broadcasts, which provide a vivid commentary on twentieth-century music, the English Musical Renaissance in particular, and display the characteristic vigor and vitality in keeping with his enfant terrible image of the 1920s. Arranged chronologically with biographical lists, the material ranges from self-analysis to a consideration of the place of music in modern society, and this collection forms a valuable source for the study of his own music and the music of his contemporaries.

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Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780634019777
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On a Hymn Song of Philip Bliss written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Meredith Music Resource). Based on David Holsinger's outstanding work for band. Student learning guides are sold in sets of 10.

Author : Clive Gilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780463885451
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Songs of Bliss written by Clive Gilson and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : D.L. Moody
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 1146389957
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of Philip P. Bliss written by D.L. Moody and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jürgen Schaarwächter
Publisher : Georg Olms Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3487152274
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Centuries of British Symphonism written by Jürgen Schaarwächter and published by Georg Olms Verlag. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die britische Sinfonik ist erst in jüngster Zeit ins allgemeine Interesse gerückt. Ein Überblick über die sinfonische Entwicklung im Vereinigten Königreich seit den Anfängen im 18. Jahrhundert bis ins 20. Jahrhundert blieb aber bis heute ein Desideratum. Der hier vorgelegte Überblick zeigt, wie sich die Identität einer britischen Sinfonik über mehr als hundert Jahre entwickelte, geprägt durch Einflüsse vom europäischen Kontinent und von dem Bedürfnis, eigene Wege zu finden. Gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts nahm das sinfonische Schaffen in Großbritannien stark zu, brachte jedoch erst mit Edward Elgar einen prominenten Vertreter von internationalem Rang hervor. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt dieser Publikation liegt auf jenen Werken, die zu einem gewissen Grade von anderen überschattet wurden, unveröffentlicht oder unaufgeführt blieben. Das Ergebnis ist das Bild einer vielgestaltigen sinfonischen Landschaft Großbritanniens, das die ästhetischen Perspektiven der einzelnen Komponisten wie auch ihre soziokulturellen Kontexte erhellt. Ein umfangreiches Verzeichnis aller bekannten Werke und eine ausführliche Bibliographie laden zu weiterer Erkundung des Sujets ein. Only in relatively recent times has any real attention been given to British symphonies. So a comprehensive survey, showing what exists and how the situation in the United Kingdom developed, from the beginnings in the 18th century until well into the 20th century, is long overdue. The preliminary survey presented here shows how a British symphonic identity gradually took shape over more than a century, through influences from abroad and, at home, enterprising attempts to find new ways of expression. By the end of the 19th century, British symphonists had produced an impressive body of work, yet only with the appearance of Elgar’s two symphonies in the following decade did this flourishing school find a champion of international renown. In this publication, light is shone on those works that have to some extent been overshadowed, as well as on those that have remained unpublished or unperformed. The result is a multi-faceted panorama of British symphonism, offering many insights into the composers’ thinking and their socio-cultural contexts. A comprehensive catalogue of all known works and an extensive bibliography invite readers to delve further into the subject.