Elisabeth Lutyens and Edward Clark
The composer Elisabeth Lutyens and her second husband, the conductor and music programmer Edward Clark, were innovators in composition, conducting, programming, teaching, and music administration in Britain between 1918 and 1983. Controversial in their professional and personal views and tastes, their achievements obscured by layers of anecdote and some self-inflicted reputational harm, this book critically re-assesses their roles as cornerstones of structures and developments in British music that we now take for granted. Key to understanding their central roles in orchestrating musical progress is the ambiguous role of influence in their work and the intimate connections between British and European music. This study critically charts their professional lives in music, taking a holistic approach to contextualise Lutyens and Clark's multifaceted work in music historically, music-analytically, and culturally.
- The first holistic overview of Lutyens and Clark's work in music, including their network of enterprises, audio-visual music and conducting
- Re-evaluates these sometimes controversial figures, showing their pivotal importance to British music in the twentieth century
- Contextualises music by an important female composer by mapping her collaborations, compositional strategies, and influences
Reviews & endorsements
‘A multifaceted and critical examination of the role of Elisabeth Lutyens in British musical life … Forkert’s methodology is particularly significant for its linking of musical influence, reception, and context, allowi[ng] for a more nuanced and complete picture of Lutyens.’ Aidan McGartland, Journal of the American Musicological Society
Product details
October 2023Adobe eBook Reader
9781009337311
0 pages
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Conducting personae. Clark as a conductor, 1910–1962
- 2. Composing influence. Lutyens's compositional beginnings, 1938–1961
- 3. Crafting music. Lutyens's scores for film and television, 1944–1975
- 4. Collaborating to control. Clark and Lutyens as administrators and organisers, 1939–1960
- 5. Completing the lives. Lutyens after Clark, 1962– 983
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Main archives
- Index.