The Music and Thought of Michael Tippett: Modern Times and Metaphysics

by David Clarke and David Clarke

Book Overview

This multi-faceted study looks in detail at the music and thought of Michael Tippett. David Clarke shows how Tippett has roots in the nineteenth century and also reveals his connections with larger developments in Western cultural thinking. The book is made distinctive by its strong interdisciplinary element. It relates observations on the music to ideas in literature, philosophy and literary theory and addresses issues concerned with modernity and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052158292X
• ISBN13: 9780521582926
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.9"