Ruth Gipps : anti-modernism, nationalism, and difference in English music / Jill Halstead.

Halstead, Jill.
Aldershot, Hants, England Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006.
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Notes:

  • Includes list of R. Gipp’s works (p. [163]-179), bibliographical references (p. [181]-188), and index.
  • Themes in life. Prodigy Wars Conducting Difference — Themes in music. Anti- modernism Englishness Difference.
  • Halstead’s review of Gipps’ life and career establishes her importance both as a pioneering woman composer and conductor whose worked challenged the attitudes of her time, and as a composer whose musical philosophy was often at odds with mainstream thinking.

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