The Story
Sir Michael Tippet has been a central figure in Brittish musical life for many decades and is now widely regarded as one of the foremost composers of the century. Meirion Bowens new updated study offers an indepth examination of all Tippetts major compositions. The authors 35 year association with the composer and immense experience of Tippets music in performance result in some unique insights into his creative personality. He reveals a Blakelike visionary and an intensely human artist, sensitive to both people and to public events in a strifetorn century, but also stubbornly upholding the integrity and independence of his art.
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Sir Michael Tippet has been a central figure in Brittish musical life for many decades and is now widely regarded as one of the foremost composers of the century. Meirion Bowens new updated study offers an indepth examination of all Tippetts major compositions. The authors 35 year association with the composer and immense experience of Tippets music in performance result in some unique insights into his creative personality. He reveals a Blakelike visionary and an intensely human artist, sensitive to both people and to public events in a strifetorn century, but also stubbornly upholding the integrity and independence of his art.
