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
- 1 Tippett and twentieth-century polarities
- 2 Tippett and the English traditions
- 3 ‘Things that chiefly interest ME’: Tippett and early music
- 4 Tippett and politics: the 1930s and beyond
- 5 ‘Coming out to oneself’: encodings of homosexual identity from the First String Quartet toThe Heart’s Assurance
- 6 Between image and imagination: Tippett’s creative process
- Part II Works and genres
- Chronological list of works
- Select bibliography
- Index
3 - ‘Things that chiefly interest ME’: Tippett and early music
from Part I - Contexts and concepts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- 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
- 1 Tippett and twentieth-century polarities
- 2 Tippett and the English traditions
- 3 ‘Things that chiefly interest ME’: Tippett and early music
- 4 Tippett and politics: the 1930s and beyond
- 5 ‘Coming out to oneself’: encodings of homosexual identity from the First String Quartet toThe Heart’s Assurance
- 6 Between image and imagination: Tippett’s creative process
- Part II Works and genres
- Chronological list of works
- Select bibliography
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett , pp. 48 - 67Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013