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This is a collection of essays on the life and work of Havergal Brian by the people who knew him and his work. The text also contains a catalogue of Brian's work. ... Read more

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The only game in town
The good news is that this is, despite all its defects, a somewhat informative biography of Havergal Brian.The bad news is that it's tough slogging at times and distorted to boot.Its take on Brian is a bit like Shaffer's take on Mozart in *Amadeus*.You wind up seeing Brian through a glass darkly.

Brian had a love-hate relationship with Granville Bantok, his long-suffering patron (and a composer in his own right), and with another anonymous patron.It's clear from the book, no matter how you look at it, that Brian was not a likeable person, but Eastaugh had access to much of the Brian-Bantock correspondence, which displays Brian close to his worst, and makes that the predominant source for the book. So Brian comes off even worse than he deserves.Fortunately, there is enough other material that you can grasp the essentials of Brian's life, both personal and professional.Whether the book is worth the sort of price asked here at Amazon and elsewhere on the Web is for you to decide.How interested are you in Brian?

For completeness' sake, if nothing else, I should mention that Reginald Nettel also wrote a book about Brian, but only a completeness nut (like me) would find any use for it.Eastaugh is quite sufficient. ... Read more

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In this second volume of selections from his journalism, written over four decades between 1907 and 1946, the maverick English composer Havergal Brian (1876-1972) directs his enquiring mind at the music being composed in France, Germany, Italy and elsewhere, while he and his British contemporaries were fighting to establish new music at home. Richard Strauss figures prominently among the composers discussed, beginning with reviews of Hallé and Queen's Hall concerts in 1907 and 1910. But even Strauss was not treated as lavishly as another whose music clearly fascinated Brian deeply: Arnold Schoenberg. From Gurrelieder to the Violin Concerto, Brian emerges as one of Schoenberg's most sympathetic and understanding champions among the English critical fraternity in the inter-War period. Other composers featured include Bartók, Berg, Busoni, Debussy, Dohnányi, Dukas, Glazunov, Grieg, Hindemith, Kilpinen, Lehár, Mahler, Messager, Puccini, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Respighi, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Sousa, Stravinsky, Szymanowski, Tailleferre and Varèse - as well as figures now obscure such as Alfred Bruneau, August Bungert, César Géloso and Wilhelm Kienzl. Malcolm MacDonald's introductions and annotations provide the background to each piece and cast light on Brian's more obscure references. ... Read more

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The final full score in a facsimile edited by Graham Hatton, with clerical errors corrected and obvious omissions (of dynamics, expression marks, etc.) repaired using all the autograph evidence. ... Read more

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This first volume of selections of his writings brings together many of Brian's principal writings on the composers and events of the British Musical Renaissance from polemical articles written when actively campaigning for his fellow-composers in the Midlands before World War I to more considered appraisals of the inter-War period. As well as discussing a wide range of composers, from Elgar and Delius to Britten and Billy Mayerl, he can be found here reviewing festivals, adjudicating at brass-band championships at the Crystal Palace (and watching the Palace burn down in 1936), proposing schemes for the encouragement of orchestral music, and casting a critical eye on the burgeoning power and influence of the B.B.C. Malcolm MacDonald's substantial introduction and annotations make this book both a work of scholarship and an important historical source for an understanding of the British music of the early twentieth century. ... Read more

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Chapters: Lemmy, Robbie Williams, Slash, Nick Hancock, Stanley Matthews, Havergal Brian, Phil Taylor, Darwin-wedgwood Family, Arthur Berry, John Baskeyfield, Roy Sproson, Oliver Joseph Lodge, Ronnie Allen, Mark Fisher, Anthony Bates, Adam Yates, Nick Chadwick, Neil Morrissey, Adrian Lewis, Edward Smith, John Madejski, Les West, Colin Winter, Jackie Mudie, Joe Andrew, Martin Paterson, Alan Lake, Andi Watson, Terry Lees, Bill Mcgarry, Dennis Wilshaw, Mark Bright, Dave Harold, Mike Williamson, Bill Bratt, Patricia Leonard, Denis Smith, Ted Hankey, Mark Bailey, Freddie Steele, Josiah Spode, Anthea Turner, Bruno Brookes, Tom Holford, Jeff Kent, Andy Moor, William Taylor Copeland, Ted Chippington, John Wain, Peter Thornley, Susan Williams-Ellis, Sybil Leek, Mark Meredith, John Lightfoot, Lorna Bailey, Phil Dowd, Chris Edwards, Terry Alcock, Jeremy Snape, Bob Mountford, John Herety, Eddie Mooney, Steve Bould, John Caudwell, Bill Bentley, Tom Pope, Tommy Godwin, Danny Alcock, Leon Cooke, Bob Taylor, Dick Evans, Tony Allen, Mark Chamberlain, Frank Bough, Phil Sproson, Dean Allmark, Ross Pointon, Jamie Cope, Terry St Clair, Peter Jackson, Garth Crooks, Tom Cooper, Bob Whittingham, Hugh Dancy, Tommy Cheadle, Colin Askey, Freddie Jones, Scott Lawton, Sean Haslegrave, Ken Griffiths, Ray Williams, David Chesworth, Jonathan Wilkes, David Kidney, Arnold Machin, David Fox, Ken Hancock, Mickey Bullock, Joan Walley, Henry O'grady, George Shutt, Joan Stringer, Anthony Malbon, Charlotte Rhead, Tom Baddeley, Jem Finer, Kate Barker, Neville Chamberlain, Jawed Siddiqi, Kevin Kent, Peter Coates, Wilf Kirkham, Paul Johnson, Joe Brough, James Bradley, Arthur Box, Gertie Gitana, Stan Steele, Joe Schofield, John Brayford, Wendy Turner Webster, Kevin Mcdonald, Jack Mandley, John Harold Rhodes, Clint Boulton, Wilf Mayer, Reg Potts, George Gallimore, Neil Adams, Jimmy Phillips, Peter Bullock, Richard Pankhurst, Dinah Craik, John Forrester, John Danby, Steve...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=39010 ... Read more

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Vocal score, with orchestral parts reduced to piano accompaniment. Copied from the composer's manuscript by Len Davis and Graham Hatton utilizing the autograph orchestral score. Originally composed 1901; first performance was in 1973. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Sensible Sound, published by Sensible Sound on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 508 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Brian: Symphony No. 1 "The Gothic.".(Sound Recording Review)
Publication: Sensible Sound (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: Sensible Sound
Issue: 102Page: 70(2)

Article Type: Sound Recording Review

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