A distant music : the life and times of Alfred Hill, 1870-1960 / John Mansfield Thomson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Auckland ; Melbourne : Oxford University Press, ©1980.Description: 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0195543475
  • 9780195543476
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 780.92 HIL
LOC classification:
  • ML410.H62 T5 1980
Contents:
Introductory: John Antill and Douglas Lilburn -- Acknowledgements and sources -- Prologue -- 1 A Colonial Musician -- 2 LeipzigG Gewandhaus Violinist -- 3 Wellington: a Victorian capital -- 4 From ballads to romantic opera -- 5 Exhibitions and their orchestras -- 6 Trials of a Moorish Maid -- 7 Experiment in opera -- 8 Enter the State Orchestra -- 9 Triumphs and disaster -- 10 The in-between years -- 11 New directions -- Epilogue -- Appendices : 1 Aboriginal music - a note -- 2 Select a list of works -- 3 Select list of recordings -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "Alfred Hill (1870-1960) was New Zealand's first fully professional composer and a leading figure in Australian music from the early years of this century. With his artistic life divided between Australia and New Zealand, he is best described as a true Australasian ho was virtually the founder of musical composition in the two countries in which he lived." -- Jacket.
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Books Books Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library General Stacks Non-fiction 780.92 HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A04840

Includes index.

Discography: p. 227-228.

Bibliography: p. 229-232.

Introductory: John Antill and Douglas Lilburn -- Acknowledgements and sources -- Prologue -- 1 A Colonial Musician -- 2 LeipzigG Gewandhaus Violinist -- 3 Wellington: a Victorian capital -- 4 From ballads to romantic opera -- 5 Exhibitions and their orchestras -- 6 Trials of a Moorish Maid -- 7 Experiment in opera -- 8 Enter the State Orchestra -- 9 Triumphs and disaster -- 10 The in-between years -- 11 New directions -- Epilogue -- Appendices : 1 Aboriginal music - a note -- 2 Select a list of works -- 3 Select list of recordings -- Select bibliography -- Index.

"Alfred Hill (1870-1960) was New Zealand's first fully professional composer and a leading figure in Australian music from the early years of this century. With his artistic life divided between Australia and New Zealand, he is best described as a true Australasian ho was virtually the founder of musical composition in the two countries in which he lived." -- Jacket.

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