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    The Cyril Scott companion : unity in diversity / edited by Desmond Scott, Lewis Foreman and Leslie De'Ath.

    • Title:The Cyril Scott companion : unity in diversity / edited by Desmond Scott, Lewis Foreman and Leslie De'Ath.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Atkinson, Peter, contributor.
      Scott, Desmond, editor.
      Brabbins, Martyn, contributor.
      De'Ath, Leslie, editor.
      Dickinson, Peter, contributor.
      Foreman, Lewis, editor.
      Hudson, Katherine, contributor.
      Langfield, Valerie, 1951- contributor.
      Leland, Kurt, contributor.
      Lloyd, Stephen, 1944- contributor.
      Martin, Steven, contributor.
      Mazda, Rohinten, contributor.
      Price, Richard O., contributor.
      Rubbra, Edmund, 1901-1986, contributor.
      Yates, Martin, 1958- contributor.
    • Published/Created:Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press, 2018.
      ©2018
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Scott, Cyril, 1879-1970--Criticism and interpretation.
      Composers--Great Britain--Biography.
    • Genre/Form: Biographies.
    • Description:xxix, 676 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
    • Summary:This Companion explores the life and work of this remarkably creative man. It provides a comprehensive analysis and appraisal of all the available music and includes a complete catalogue of his musical works, along with a discography. Several works...both music and literary are here newly catalogued and discussed. Altogether, the volume gives a broad picture of Scott's entire output in literary, dramatic and philosophical genres.--Publisher
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    • ISBN:1783272864 hardback
      9781783272860 hardback
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: I. Scott In Context
      1. From Frankfurt with Love: Friendships Observed through Correspondence and Reminiscence / Stephen Lloyd
      2. Cyril Scott, Debussy and Stravinsky / Richard Price
      3. Cyril Scott and the BBC / Lewis Foreman
      4. Contemporary Composer's View of Cyril Scott's Music: `The Subtle Composer of the Prize-Winning Overture' / Edmund Rubbra
      5. `Music for the Martians': Scott's Reception and Reputation at Home and Abroad / Peter Atkinson
      6. Rose Allatini: Theme and Variations / Desmond Scott
      7. Memories of the Man I Barely Knew / Desmond Scott
      8. Discovering, Editing and Recording Cyril Scott / Martin Yates
      9. `Years of Indiscretion': The Early Piano Works, 1898-1909 / Leslie De'Ath
      10. `Like a Bird Sings': The Piano Works from the Op. 66 Sonata to World War 1 / Leslie De'Ath
      11. Later Piano Works / Leslie De'Ath
      12. Twenty-First-Century Orchestral Recordings: The Shock of the Unknown / Peter Dickinson
      13. Chamber Music / Kurt Leland
      14. Operas and Music for the Theatre / Steven Martin
      15. Choral Works / Leslie De'Ath
      16. Songs / Valerie Langfield
      17. Poetry / Desmond Scott
      18. Occult Writings / Kurt Leland
      19. Purpose of The Boy Who Saw True / Desmond Scott
      20. Near the End of Life: Candid Confessions and Reflections: A Discussion of the Memoir / Desmond Scott
      21. Therapeutic Books / Desmond Scott
      22. Childishness or The Moron Mind / Desmond Scott
      23. Note on the Plays / Desmond Scott
      IV. Personal Reminiscences
      24. Cyril Scott: A Personal Memory / Katherine Hudson
      25. Reminiscences / Rohinten Daddy Mazda
      26. BBC Ninetieth-Birthday Tribute / Edmund Rubbra
      APPENDICES
      1. Songs: Misprints and High/Low Voice Variants / Valerie Langfield
      2. Chronology of Works Published during Scott's Lifetime / Leslie De'Ath
      CATALOGUES, DISCOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
      i. Catalogue of Cyril Scott's Music / Desmond Scott
      ii. Cyril Scott Discography / Stephen Lloyd
      iii. Cyril Scott's Opus Numbers / Leslie De'Ath
      iv. Catalogue of Cyril Scott's Writings / Leslie De'Ath
      v. Published Writings by Rose Allatini / Leslie De'Ath
      vi. Select Bibliography.
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