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Cyril Scott: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music) [Hardcover]

Laurie Sampsel (Author)
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April 30, 2000 0313293473 978-0313293474

This reference guide to the life and work of the prolific British composer, Cyril Scott, includes a brief biography and detailed bibliography and discography sections. Sometimes referred to as the British Debussy, Scott was one of the first English composers to incorporate a noticeable modern style. He composed in virtually every genre and for every instrument and ensemble. His works, as detailed in the discography, include three operas, two symphonies, five concertos, chamber music, piano music, and over 100 songs. The bibliography section includes writings both by and about Scott.

This comprehensive reference will appeal to music scholars and to those with an interest in Cyril Scott's music. As a useful research tool, each section of the volume is cross-referenced. Two appendices list Scott's compositions, one alphabetically by genre and the other chronologically.


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A reference guide to the life and work of British composer Cyril Scott.

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LAURIE J. SAMPSEL is Head of the Music Library at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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  • Hardcover: 360 pages
  • Publisher: Greenwood (April 30, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0313293473
  • ISBN-13: 978-0313293474
  • Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars An essential work of reference, July 6, 2005
This review is from: Cyril Scott: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music) (Hardcover)
This is an important work, containing a mass of otherwise unavailable information on one of the more intriguing of the minor English composers of the twentieth century. It provides lists of Cyril Scott's published writings (on musical and non-musical subjects) and of writings about him, with useful summaries of content, and a full list of his compositions, including the numerous unpublished works. The list of compositions gives titles, forces employed, details of first performance (which add greatly to our knowledge of Scott premières), publication details (if any), and (in the case of unpublished works) dates of composition. A biographical chapter is added which, though brief, contains important information hitherto unpublished.

This book is a mine of information for everyone interested in Scott, and has already established itself as the essential reference work for people writing notes on works of Scott for concerts or recordings. It is therefore worth specifying its limitations. In the case of the musical works almost no details are provided beyond the bare data listed above. This leads in some cases to failure to recognize when a later work is simply a reappearance of an earlier one: for example, Sampsel lists separately a piano quintet performed in 1914 and a piano quintet allegedly premiered in 1920 (without dates of composition), although it is clear from Eaglefield Hull's book on Scott (scarcely a recondite source) that the two works are one and the same, composed in 1911-12. The reader must also be warned that composition dates are sometimes incomplete or misleading (where there is a complex history of revision), and that in cases where only a publication or performance date is provided there is no presumption that this corresponds to the date of composition; some of Scott's works lay in a drawer for a long time before seeing the light. It is also to be regretted that we are not told which unpublished works survive and which do not (either because Scott himself destroyed the MS, as he did with several early works, or because the MS was accidentally lost or destroyed when in other hands). Despite these limitations this is an invaluable work that deserves the gratitude of everyone interested in Scott.
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