Stewart R. Craggs
This title was first published in 2002. This volume of essays seeks to reflect aspects of the life and work of Arthur Bliss, Master of the Queen's Music. Though each is self-contained, the editor has attempted to keep a theme running throughout. Looking beyond surface impressions is an attitude constantly expressed.
Introduction; 1: Metamorphic Variation: The Orchestral Music; 2: Chronicle of a Collaboration: The Olympians; 3: The Piano Concerto in B Flat (1939); 4: The Songs of Bliss; 5: An American Interlude; 6: The Film Music; 7: In Search of a Progressive Music Policy: Arthur Bliss at the BBC; 8: The Recorded Works; 9: `... if Poets mind thee well...
This title was first published in 2002. This volume of essays seeks to reflect aspects of the life and work of Arthur Bliss, Master of the Queen's Music. Though each is self-contained, the editor has attempted to keep a theme running throughout. Looking beyond surface impressions is an attitude constantly expressed.
