Howard Skempton: Conversations and Reflections on Music
1st Edition
Published on 15. February 2019
296 pages
978-1-78744-513-0 (ISBN)
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Offers an intimate view of a contemporary composer's creative world and how others may interpret it.
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Esther Cavett | Matthew Head | Esther Cavett
Howard Skempton: Conversations and Reflections on Music
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02/2019
Boydell Press
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Introduction
Conversation One, 20 July 2016. Childhood and teenage years
Reflection One. Music and/as home - Matthew Head
Conversation Two, 4 August 2016. The music from A Humming Song (1967) to Lento (1990)
Reflection Two. Skempton and experimentalism - Heather Wiebe
Conversation Three, 18 August 2016. Becoming established, and the music after Lento (1990)
Reflection Three. "Strangely simple": Howard Skempton's composing -
Conversation Four, 23 August 2016. On teaching composition
Lessons were "magical": Skempton's composition students (with Luke Deane)
Testimony from Rosie Clements about her studies with Howard
Reflection Four. "Not a lot spoken, but a lot said": Skempton as teacher and composer - Pwyll Ap Siôn
Performing (with Peter Hill, Thalia Myers, John Tilbury, James Weeks and Howard Skempton)
The story of the story - Esther Cavett
After-image: A reflection on a reflection - Howard Skempton
Appendix One. Authorised worklist
Appendix Two. Discography
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Conversation One, 20 July 2016. Childhood and teenage years
Reflection One. Music and/as home - Matthew Head
Conversation Two, 4 August 2016. The music from A Humming Song (1967) to Lento (1990)
Reflection Two. Skempton and experimentalism - Heather Wiebe
Conversation Three, 18 August 2016. Becoming established, and the music after Lento (1990)
Reflection Three. "Strangely simple": Howard Skempton's composing -
Conversation Four, 23 August 2016. On teaching composition
Lessons were "magical": Skempton's composition students (with Luke Deane)
Testimony from Rosie Clements about her studies with Howard
Reflection Four. "Not a lot spoken, but a lot said": Skempton as teacher and composer - Pwyll Ap Siôn
Performing (with Peter Hill, Thalia Myers, John Tilbury, James Weeks and Howard Skempton)
The story of the story - Esther Cavett
After-image: A reflection on a reflection - Howard Skempton
Appendix One. Authorised worklist
Appendix Two. Discography
Select bibliography
