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Down Among the Dead Men
ISBN-13: 9781906830625 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 282 str.
Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936) was a Dutch composer whose life was spent mostly in England. A respected but controversial composer (his admirers included the Sitwell brothers, Peter Warlock, Cecil Gray, Constant Lambert and Kaikhosru Sorabji) his music was little performed in his lifetime and after his death soon fell into obscurity. He was a man of many intellectual gifts and an accomplished writer. This book, Down Among the Dead Men, consists of five long essays: an explanatory introduction; two on composers who were neglected at the time of the book's first publication in 1933 - Busoni ("the best thing on Busoni in the English language" according to the composer Ronald Stevenson), and Meyerbeer; Music and Wit; and Sine Nomine, a plea for a reform of the ways in which music is written, written about, and programmed. In his preface to the book van Dieren writes that "The reader may often wonder where he will be dragged next. One moment he will feel that he is being held up intolerably long in obscure corners, the next that he is being rushed past an imposing edifice which he would wish to explore... I hope no more than that on the circuit I may be able to show some unfamiliar mews, alleys, and subways... I do not pretend to take the reader straight from the station to the hotel; I have tried to be a companion, not a guide. I believe I have shown him some queer customers in the bus and the Underground, and loafing at odd corners. Principal buildings and monuments are always in the same places and may be inspected at any time."
Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936) was a Dutch composerwhose life was spent mostly in England. A respected butcontroversial composer (his admirers included the Sitwellbrothers, Peter Warlock, Cecil Gray, Constant Lambertand Kaikhosru Sorabji) his music was little performed inhis lifetime and after his death soon fell into obscurity.He was a man of many intellectual gifts and an accomplishedwriter.This book, Down Among the Dead Men, consists of fivelong essays: an explanatory introduction; two on composerswho were neglected at the time of the books firstpublication in 1933 - Busoni ("the best thing on Busoni inthe English language" according to the composer RonaldStevenson), and Meyerbeer; Music and Wit; and SineNomine, a plea for a reform of the ways in which music iswritten, written about, and programmed.In his preface to the book van Dieren writes that "Thereader may often wonder where he will be dragged next.One moment he will feel that he is being held up intolerablylong in obscure corners, the next that he is beingrushed past an imposing edifice which he would wish toexplore... I hope no more than that on the circuit I may beable to show some unfamiliar mews, alleys, and subways... Ido not pretend to take the reader straight from the stationto the hotel; I have tried to be a companion, not a guide. Ibelieve I have shown him some queer customers in the busand the Underground, and loafing at odd corners. Principalbuildings and monuments are always in the same placesand may be inspected at any time."
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