This Awareness of Beauty

Keith W. Kinder

Description

This Awareness of Beauty is the first book to consider the orchestral and wind band music of Canadian composer Healey Willan, who was known primarily for his choral work. A succinct biography accompanies historical, analytical, and critical investigations of Willan’s instrumental music, asserting Willan’s seminal place in Canadian music and the significance of his orchestral and wind band music both nationally and internationally.

Each composition is investigated in chronological order to illustrate the composer’s evolution as a creator of instrumental music from his early years in England to his later, and more notable, accomplishments in Canada. Willan’s orchestral music may be seen as both a reaction to and a stimulus for the significant improvement in Canadian orchestral performance during the 1930s and 40s, a factor in the creation of his large-scale compositions, including two symphonies and a piano concerto.

Although much has been written about Willan, most of it has centred on his choral work, with biography and/or musicology as the frame of reference; this project considers his instrumental music in terms of performance, provides historical context for many of the works included, and corrects errors that have crept into the literature.

Sujets

• Healey Willan
• Music of Canada
• Music

Informations

• Publié par: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Date de parution: 07 juillet 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781554589623
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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This Awareness of Beauty
This Awareness of Beauty
THE ORCHESTRAL AND WIND BAND MUSIC OF HEALEY WILLAN
Keith W. Kinder
Wilfrid Laurier University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Kinder, Keith, author
This awareness of beauty : the orchestral and wind band music of Healey Willan / Keith William Kinder.
Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued in print and electronic formats. ISBN 978-1-55458-960-9 (cloth).-ISBN 978-1-77112-127-9 (paper).- ISBN 978-1-55458-962-3 (epub).-ISBN 978-1-55458-961-6 (pdf)
1. Willan, Healey, 1880-1968-Criticism and interpretation. 2. Willan, Healey, 1880-1968. Orchestra music. 3. Willan, Healey, 1880-1968. Band music. I. Title.
MT92.W689K52 2014 784.2092 C2014-900205-X C2014-900206-8
Cover design by Sandra Friesen. Front-cover image of Healey Willan Canada Post Corporation (1980). Text design by James Leahy.
2014 Wilfrid Laurier University Press Waterloo, Ontario, Canada www.wlupress.wlu.ca
This book is printed on FSC recycled paper and is certified Ecologo. It is made from 100% post-consumer fibre, processed chlorine free, and manufactured using biogas energy.
Printed in Canada
Every reasonable effort has been made to acquire permission for copyright material used in this text, and to acknowledge all such indebtedness accurately. Any errors and omissions called to the publisher s attention will be corrected in future printings.
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This awareness of beauty, the sudden recognition that one has somehow enlarged, that one s spirit has soared, is perhaps what the word inspiration attempts to convey.
Healey Willan, 1958
Contents
List of Musical Examples
Preface and Acknowledgements
English by Birth, Irish by Extraction, Canadian by Adoption, and Scotch by Absorption : Introduction and Biographical Sketch
Part One: Tender, Lyrical, Forceful, Arresting : The Orchestral Music
1 Early Orchestral Works
2 Works for Small Orchestra
3 Shorter Orchestral Works
4 Works for Piano and Orchestra
5 The Symphonies
Part Two: A Couple of Very Pretty Tunes : Works for Wind Band
6 Concert Band Works
7 Pedagogical Music
8 The Fanfares
Conclusion
Appendix: Works Reviewed with Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Musical Examples
1.1 [Allegro Marcato] , bars 1-5
1.2 Epilogue , bars 1-4
1.3 Epilogue , bars 39-52
1.4 Epilogue , bars 81-88
1.5 Epilogue , bars 137-54
1.6 Epilogue , bars 212-16
1.7 Through Darkness into Light , bars 1-2
1.8 Through Darkness into Light , bars 22-23
1.9 Through Darkness into Light , bars 28-51
1.10 Through Darkness into Light , bars 53-54 (A1)
1.11 Through Darkness into Light , bars 105-8 (B1)
1.12 Through Darkness into Light , bars 116-17
1.13 Through Darkness into Light , bars 164-67
1.14 Through Darkness into Light , bars 250-60
1.15 [Lento mistico] , bars 13-20 (horn solo)
1.16 [Lento mistico] , bars 35-38
1.17 Rhapsody From the Highlands, bars 69-71
1.18 Overture, bars 20-22
2.1 Overture to The Alchemist , bars 1-9
2.2 Overture to The Alchemist , bars 10-14
2.3 Overture to The Alchemist , bars 24-39
2.4 Overture to The Alchemist , bars 40-48
2.5 Overture to The Alchemist , bars 59-67
2.6 Overture to an Unwritten Comedy , bars 12-19
2.7 Overture to an Unwritten Comedy , bars 28-31
2.8 Overture to an Unwritten Comedy , bars 32-39
2.9 Overture to an Unwritten Comedy , bars 50-53
2.10 Overture to an Unwritten Comedy , bars 112-14
3.1 Coronation March , bars 3-12
3.2 Coronation March , bars 31-39
3.3 Coronation March , bars 51-59
3.4 Coronation March , bars 87-115 / 52-54
3.5 A Marching Tune , bars 3-18
3.6 A Marching Tune , bars 45-69
3.7 Fugue in G Minor, bars 1-4
3.8 Royal Salute , bars 6-13
3.9 Royal Salute , bars 76-88
3.10 Poem , bars 1-20
3.11 Poem , bars 44-60
3.12 Poem , bars 68-76
3.13 Centennial (Ceremonial) March , bars 13-23 (theme one)
3.14 Centennial (Ceremonial) March , bars 37-38
3.15 Centennial (Ceremonial) March , bars 47-58 (theme two)
3.16 Centennial (Ceremonial) March , bars 74-93 (ceremonial theme)
3.17 Largo , bars 1-2
3.18 Largo , bars 7-26
4.1 Ballade , bars 1-2
4.2 Ballade , bars 16-20
4.3 Ballade , bars 28-31
4.4 Ballade , bars 35-42
4.5 Ballade , bars 104-11
4.6 Ballade , bars 186-99
4.7 Ballade , bars 219-22
4.8 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 3-9 (P1)
4.9 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 21-23 (P2)
4.10 Piano Concerto in C Minor, 55-61 (P3)
4.11 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 70-72 (P4)
4.12 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 101-5 (S1)
4.13 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 140-43 ( Willan motto )
4.14 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bar 173-81
4.15 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 270-74
4.16 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 280-93
4.17 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 312-14
4.18 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 333-35
4.19 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 345-46
4.20 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 362-70
4.21 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 387-402 (1P)
4.22 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 438-42 (1S)
4.23 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 442-43 (2S)
4.24 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 449-57 (3S)
4.25 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 565-69
4.26 Piano Concerto in C Minor, bars 616-22
5.1 Symphony No. 1, first movement, bars 2-5 (I1)
5.2 Symphony No. 1, first movement, bar 7
5.3 Symphony No. 1, first movement, bars 26-30
5.4 Symphony No. 1, first movement, bars 31-34 (P1)
5.5 Symphony No. 1, first movement, bars 54-55
5.6 Symphony No. 1, first movement, bars 66-67 (P2-winds)
5.7 Symphony No. 1, first movement, bars 138-47 (S1)
5.8 Symphony No. 1, first movement, bars 171-74 (S2)
5.9 Symphony No. 1, first movement, bars 212-19
5.10 Symphony No. 1, first movement, bars 246-48
5.11 Symphony No. 1, second movement, bars 1-2 (motive 1)
5.12 Symphony No. 1, second movement, bars 6-10 (motive 2)
5.13 Symphony No. 1, second movement, bars 11-15 (theme one)
5.14 Symphony No. 1, second movement, bars 17-20 (solo oboe)
5.15 Symphony No. 1, second movement, bars 29-30 (theme two-flute solo)
5.16 Symphony No. 1, second movement, bars 36-41 (theme three)
5.17 Symphony No. 1, third movement, bar 4 (1M)
5.18 Symphony No. 1, third movement, bars 6-7 (2M)
5.19 Symphony No. 1, third movement, bars 4-8 (1P)
5.20 Symphony No. 1, third movement, bars 11-14 (2P)
5.21 Symphony No. 1, third movement, bars 36-38 (3P)
5.22 Symphony No. 1, third movement, bars 57-58 (bars 54-55 of Lento mistico )
5.23 Symphony No. 1, third movement, bars 60-73 (S)
5.24 Symphony No. 1, third movement, bars 112-17
5.25 Symphony No. 1, third movement, bars 295-301
5.26 Symphony No. 1, third movement, bars 345-50 (brass parts only)
5.27 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 1-3
5.28 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 2-8 (I1)
5.29 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 30-32
5.30 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 34-39
5.31 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 40-48 (P1)
5.32 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 50-56 (P2)
5.33 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bar 60
5.34 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 71-76 (P3)
5.35 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 79-80 (horn call)
5.36 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 85-86
5.37 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 93-100 (P4)
5.38 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 111-13 (S1)
5.39 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 116-24
5.40 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 146-52
5.41 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 156-59 (trumpets)
5.42 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 160-65 (oboe)
5.43 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 169-91 (Development theme)
5.44 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 219-25 (subject and counter-subject)
5.45 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 315-17 (horns and trumpets)
5.46 Symphony No. 2, first movement, bars 321-22
5.47 Symphony No. 2, second movement, bars 5-22 (theme one)
5.48 Symphony No. 2, second movement, bars 42-50
5.49 Symphony No. 2, second movement, bars 50-60 (theme two and development, solo lines only)
5.50 Symphony No. 2, second movement, bars 101-8
5.51 Symphony No. 2, second movement, bars 110-13 (horn)
5.52 Symphony No. 2, third movement, bars 2-16 (theme one-subject and answer)
5.53 Symphony No. 2, third movement, bars 34-42 (theme two)
5.54 Symphony No. 2, third movement, bars 42-46
5.55 Symphony No. 2, third movement, bars 59-62 (strings)
5.56 Symphony No. 2, third movement, bars 63-67 (horns-theme three)
5.57 Symphony No. 2, third movement, bars 104-7 (oboe-theme four)
5.58