Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- References to Tippett’s scores and note on music examples
- Chronology of Tippett’s life and career
- Part I Contexts and concepts
- Part II Works and genres
- 7 Tippett’s ‘great divide’: before and afterKing Priam
- 8 ‘Symphonic music in our modern times’: Tippett and the symphony
- 9 Tippett and the concerto: from Double to Triple
- 10 The four piano sonatas: past and present tensions
- 11 Formal archetypes, revered masters and singing nightingales: Tippett’s string quartets
- 12 Tippett’s operatic world: fromThe Midsummer MarriagetoNew Year
- 13 Words and music
- Chronological list of works
- Select bibliography
- Index
13 - Words and music
from Part II - Works and genres
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- References to Tippett’s scores and note on music examples
- Chronology of Tippett’s life and career
- Part I Contexts and concepts
- Part II Works and genres
- 7 Tippett’s ‘great divide’: before and afterKing Priam
- 8 ‘Symphonic music in our modern times’: Tippett and the symphony
- 9 Tippett and the concerto: from Double to Triple
- 10 The four piano sonatas: past and present tensions
- 11 Formal archetypes, revered masters and singing nightingales: Tippett’s string quartets
- 12 Tippett’s operatic world: fromThe Midsummer MarriagetoNew Year
- 13 Words and music
- Chronological list of works
- Select bibliography
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett , pp. 264 - 285Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013