Hamilton Harty
Musical Polymath
1st Edition
Published on 17. October 2013
390 pages
978-1-78204-181-8 (ISBN)
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An in-depth study of the life of Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941), pianist, composer and conductor of the Hallé Orchestra, who arguably made Manchester the most important focus for music in Britain in his day.
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JEREMY DIBBLE is an Emeritus Professor of Music at Durham University where he taught for 30 years. He is the author of C. Hubert H. Parry: His Life and Music (1998), Charles Villers Stanford: Man and Musician (original edition, 2002), Michele Esposito (2010). With the Boydell Press, Dibble has published John Stainer: A Life in Music (2007), Hamilton Harty: Musical Polymath (2013), British Musical Criticism and Intellectual Thought, 1850-1950 (2018) (with Julian Horton) and The Music of Frederick Delius (2021).
JEREMY DIBBLE is an Emeritus Professor of Music at Durham University where he taught for 30 years. He is the author of C. Hubert H. Parry: His Life and Music (1998), Charles Villers Stanford: Man and Musician (original edition, 2002), Michele Esposito (2010). With the Boydell Press, Dibble has published John Stainer: A Life in Music (2007), Hamilton Harty: Musical Polymath (2013), British Musical Criticism and Intellectual Thought, 1850-1950 (2018) (with Julian Horton) and The Music of Frederick Delius (2021).
Content
Preface
Hillsborough, Belfast and Dublin - A Musical Apprenticeship - 1879-1901
London (1) 1901-1909: A Pre-eminent 'Collaborator' and Aspiring Composer
London (2) 1909-1914: Composer and Conductor
The War Years and After - 1914-1920
The Hallé Years - 1920-1927
Apogee: From Hallé to the LSO - 1927-33
America and Australia: An Unforeseen Romance - 1933-1936
The Last Years: The Children of Lir - A Creative Codicil - 1933-41
Bibliography
Appendix One: List of Works
Appendix Two: List of Recordings
Hillsborough, Belfast and Dublin - A Musical Apprenticeship - 1879-1901
London (1) 1901-1909: A Pre-eminent 'Collaborator' and Aspiring Composer
London (2) 1909-1914: Composer and Conductor
The War Years and After - 1914-1920
The Hallé Years - 1920-1927
Apogee: From Hallé to the LSO - 1927-33
America and Australia: An Unforeseen Romance - 1933-1936
The Last Years: The Children of Lir - A Creative Codicil - 1933-41
Bibliography
Appendix One: List of Works
Appendix Two: List of Recordings
