Tag Archives: C20 composers

(Not so) slow moments with SW: York Bowen – a near-forgotten master

Posted on 13 November 2020 by sw508

  York who? Some of you may be asking. I say some, because I suspect many viola players will think “Ah yes. Good stuff.” Having only recently been introduced to his piano music through the excellent recording of his set … Continue reading →

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Slow moments with SW: Gerald Finzi – elegiac radiance

Posted on 12 June 2020 by sw508

A change of gear this time, I thought, and what better than to explore some of Gerald Finzi’s ‘slow moments’. How does one begin to describe their essence? Imbued in places with a searing introspection, in others with sheer spiritual … Continue reading →

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ER in the Keller Archive: Schoenberg score in intensive care

Posted on 20 September 2019 by sw508

A little while ago, as I was quietly sorting through what I have dubbed the “Attic Anhang” of the Keller Archive to get it ready for documenting, I came across a miniature score of Schoenberg’s String Quartet Op.7. Imagine my … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller on…Schoenberg

Posted on 30 August 2019 by sw508

The start of a new series, this, where I give over my pen to Hans Keller and present some of the exquisite pieces which have surfaced from the dustier corners of his archive. This first, on Schoenberg, of whom Keller … Continue reading →

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Arthur Bliss 125: WWI and The Somme

Posted on 5 August 2016 by sw508

As part of the University Library’s exhibition celebrating the 125th anniversary of Sir Arthur Bliss’s birth, and as a tribute to those whose lives were lost during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, we are showing a case which … Continue reading →

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At the event: Encoding Music

Posted on 18 March 2016 by AP

On Saturday 12 March, the music department at Cambridge University Library took part in the Cambridge Science Festival with Encoding Music. Last week, we outlined our plans for the day in this blog. Today, I would like to start with thanking everyone, volunteers and … Continue reading →

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To celebrate to commemorate: John Wall Callcott (1766 – 1821)

Posted on 4 March 2016 by sw508

John Wall Callcott (1766 – 1821) is synonymous with the Glee, that quintessentially English unaccompanied sentimental part-song, usually for male voices, popular in the 18th and early 19th century for the enjoyment of which the Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Catch Club … Continue reading →

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To celebrate, to commemorate: Pierre Boulez (1925 – 2016)

Posted on 29 January 2016 by sw508

It was with great sadness that MusiCB3 learned that the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez died on 5th January at the age of 90. Utterly impossible, of course, to do justice in this modest space to THE giant of 20th … Continue reading →

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At the event: Charles Ives study day @ the Guildhall School of Music

Posted on 5 December 2014 by sw508

“Understanding Charles Ives’s music is no easy task. Its diversity is unrivaled, ranging from band marches to avant-garde experiments and from Victorian church anthems to some of the most complex orchestral music ever written.” So begins Peter Burkholder’s 1986 seminal … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Composers : Richard Causton

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Clemens Gresser

The series Cambridge Composers focuses on composers who have or had a connection to Cambridge, or the University of Cambridge. Some of them were students here, whilst others are or were teaching composition in MusiCB3 land. Richard Causton has been … Continue reading →

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