Making Music in Britain
Interviews with Those Behind the Notes
Published on 28. November 2005
Book
Hardback
254 pages
978-0-7546-3823-0 (ISBN)
Description
More than ever before, music is subjected to the relentless marketing of a 'product' and a 'personality' whose image will sell the product. "Making Music in Britain" provides the means of seeing behind the packaging and images in order to discover what it really means to be a musician. Through interviews with a selection of professional musicians, the variety of musical experience, musical thought and creativity is revealed. Discussions include the experience of music within education; concern about the quality and content of music education within schools; musical creativity; performance issues; and the process of composition and the evaluation of each individual's response to music. The interviews cover a broad spectrum of musicians working in Britain. These include classical performers, an animateur, jazz and folk musicians, composers and those involved with education, musical criticism, writing and broadcasting. Among those interviewed are Dame Janet Baker, Howard Goodall, Stephen Hough, Sir Roger Norrington, John Rutter and Andy Sheppard.
"Making Music in Britain" looks at music from the unique perspective of the inspirers and motivators of today, exploring their development as musicians as well as placing their work in the musical context of our time.
"Making Music in Britain" looks at music from the unique perspective of the inspirers and motivators of today, exploring their development as musicians as well as placing their work in the musical context of our time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
13 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-3823-0 (9780754638230)
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Person
Elizabeth Haddon graduated from the University of York with a BA(Hons) in Music in 1987. Her work as a freelance musician has included instrumental teaching, editorial work, early music performance and administration for the new music group Icebreaker. She has also performed and taught Javanese gamelan in the UK and abroad. She currently teaches piano privately and at the University of York.
Content
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Dame Janet Baker; Django Bates; Hilary Finch; Graham Fitkin; Howard Goodall; Antony Hopkins; Stephen Hough; Nicola LeFanu; Richard McNicol; Sir Roger Norrington; John Rutter; Andy Sheppard; Kathryn Tickell; Appendix; Index.