{"title":"Michael Allis","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Allis specialises in exploring the intersection between music and literature, offering insightful studies that illuminate how orchestral compositions reinterpret literary themes. His works delve into the rich cultural tapestry that connects artistic forms, providing thoughtful analysis and context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect scholarly yet accessible examinations rooted in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, with a particular focus on composers and their creative dialogue with literature. Allis's writing is ideal for those intrigued by the fusion of narrative and orchestral expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"granville-bantock-and-the-orchestral-refiguring-of-literature-by-michael-allis-9781837651740","title":"Granville Bantock and the Orchestral Refiguring of Literature","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIlluminates Bantock's experimentation with musical structure to create effective representations of literature, while offering new notions of the modern in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGranville Bantock and the Orchestral Refiguring of Literature\u003c\/em\u003e by Michael Allis provides an in-depth exploration of a series of orchestral compositions by Bantock based on different forms of literature (the poem, the drama, the novel) penned by a wide range of authors including Robert Browning, Samuel Butler, Dante, Ernest Dowson, Thomas Moore, Percy Shelley, Sophocles and Robert Southey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the musical works discussed date from Bantock's most successful period as a composer (c.1899-1911), when his music was perceived to be 'modern'. Although critics were struck by his skills in orchestration, central to his modernist credentials is his distinctive approach to musical structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book's in-depth analyses, drawing on a wide range of literary scholarship, demonstrate a more meaningful way to appreciate these designs as individual responses to the literary texts on which they are based. As well as tackling the vexed issue of programme music, the book also highlights Bantock's association with orientalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the first major study of Bantock's orchestral music, \u003cem\u003eGranville Bantock and the Orchestral Refiguring of Literature\u003c\/em\u003e not only demonstrates the composer's experimentation with musical structure to create effective representations of literature, but its findings also have a wider significance in terms of notions of the modern and the interdisciplinary potential of music-literature studies in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934052073708,"sku":"9781837651740","price":539.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781837651740-granville-bantock-and-the-orchestral-refiguring-of-literature.jpg?v=1783892876"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/michael-allis.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}