Essays on Roberto Gerhard.
For much of the mid-twentieth century, Roberto Gerhard found himself an outsider. He was airbrushed from much writing on contemporary music in Spain during the Franco regime, and was known in England more for his 'commercial' music for theatre, film and radio than his concert works. Howeve...
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| Language: | English |
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2016
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| Summary: | For much of the mid-twentieth century, Roberto Gerhard found himself an outsider. He was airbrushed from much writing on contemporary music in Spain during the Franco regime, and was known in England more for his 'commercial' music for theatre, film and radio than his concert works. However, his significance as a musical innovator in developing serial technique and in the field of electro-acoustics is now being gradually recognised in both Spain and England, as well as further afield. The volume explores an extensive range of Gerhard's work from the early Wind Quintet and the Spanish ballets P. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (298 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781443874816 1443874817 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
