Title: Farewell, my youth, and other writings /
Authors: Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953; Foreman, Lewis; Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953.
Publisher: Scolar Press ; Ashgate Pub. Co.,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Bax, Arnold,; Composers England Biography; Composers; England
Abstract: Arnold Bax (1883-1953) was an extraordinary figure. Growing up in a prosperous Hampstead family, devoted to cricket, he conformed outwardly to the role of English gentleman. His musical education was orthodox Edwardian; after a distinguished career he was appointed Master of the King's Musick, and spent his last years in retirement in Sussex. Behind this facade of respectability lurked a restless nomad, a musical individualist whose style is instantly recognisable from its highly personal combination of a brilliant orchestration, memorable melodic invention, and idiosyncratically tangy harmony. He was a pioneer on the British musical scene before and immediately after the First World War; symphonic poems, symphonies, ballets, chamber music and songs poured out in expression of his passionate individualism.
Contents: A Biographical Note / Clifford Bax -- Arnold Bax's Foreword: My Hard Curse Upon Increasing Age -- Farewell, My Youth. Over the Threshold. Streatham. Romanticism. My Parents. First Music. E.B.B. Culture in the Suburbs. Sweated Labour. A Garden of Long Ago. Westminster. Cecil Sharp. Academic Enthusiasm. L.R.A.M. Sir A.C. Mackenzie. R.A.M. Worthies. Youth. R.C.M. Elgar at Birchwood, 1901. Dresden, 1906-7. Schnorr Strasse, 1907. Bohmischer Schweiz. 1907-08. Celtic. 'Glen'. The Music Club. Schola Cantorum. Sibelius . Schonberg. Russia, 1910. Ukraine. Philharmonic. British Music. Enter Sir Thomas. The Musical League. AE and others. Dermot O'Byrne. Dublin Evenings. White Magic. P.H. Pearse. Vignette, June 1913. Spring in Co. Dublin and Farewell, My Youth -- On Music and Musicians. A Native British Art. A British School of Composers. The Proms. On Inspiration. E.J. Moeran, 1894-1950. Lionel Tertis. Frederick Corder. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Give British Music a Chance! (1946).