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Author Purser, John, 1942-

Title Erik Chisholm, Scottish Modernist (1904-1965) : Chasing a Restless Muse
Published Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (298 pages)
Contents LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chapter 1: Glasgow: Kailyard or Coal Yard?; Chapter 2: The Active Society; Chapter 3: Chisholm's Scottish Inheritance; interlude: The Love of Sorabji; Chapter 4: A Trojan Horse in Glasgow; Chapter 5: The Ballet & the Baton as Weapons of War; Centre-piece: Pictures from Dante & Night Song of the Bards; Chapter 6: From Italy to India and Singapore; Chapter 7: Under Table Mountain; Chapter 8: On Tour in the USA and Europe; Chapter 9: Soviet Ambassador; interlude: The Love of Janáček; Chapter 10: Chasing a Restless Muse; Envoi
Appendix 1: The Active Society for the Propagation of Contemporary MusicAppendix 2: Patrick Macdonald Sources for Chisholm's Piano Works; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; DISCOGRAPHY; SELECTED COMPOSITIONS; INDEX
Summary A study of the life and works of Erik Chisholm, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century Scottish music
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Subject Chisholm, Erik, 1904-1965.
Chisholm, Erik, 1904-1965 -- Influence
SUBJECT Chisholm, Erik, 1904-1965 fast
Subject Composers -- Scotland -- Biography
Musicians -- Scotland -- Biography
Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
MUSIC -- History & Criticism.
Composers
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Music
Musicians
Scotland
Genre/Form Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782045434
1782045430