Encounters with British composers
By: Andrew Palmer
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 501
ISBN-13: 9781783270705
Subjects: Composers; Composition (Music); Music; Interviews; History and criticism; Biography
Description: Features interviews with leading and upcoming British composers. Readers can eavesdrop on conversations in which composers are asked a number of questions about their professional lives and practices, with the emphasis on the aesthetic sensibilities and psychological processes behind composing rather than technique.
Notes: Includes index.

"Advice for the young composer": pages 477-486.
Table of contents: title: Julian Anderson; title: Simon Bainbridge; title: Sally Beamish; title: George Benjamin; title: Michael Berkeley; title: Judith Bingham; title: Harrison Birtwistle; title: Howard Blake; title: Gavin Bryars; title: Diana Burrell; title: Tom Coult; title: Gordon Crosse; title: Jonathan Dove; title: David Dubery; title: Michael Finnissy; title: Cheryl Frances-Hoad; title: Alexander Goehr; title: Howard Goodall; title: Christopher Gunning; title: Morgan Hayes; title: Robin Holloway; title: Oliver Knussen; title: John McCabe; title: James MacMillan; title: Colin Matthews; title: David Matthews; title: Peter Maxwell Davies; title: Thea Musgrave; title: Roxanna Panufnik; title: Anthony Payne; title: Elis Pehkonen; title: Joseph Phibbs; title: Gabriel Prokofiev; title: John Rutter; title: Robert Saxton; title: John Tavener; title: Judith Weir; title: Debbie Wiseman; title: Christopher Wright.