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As well as providing a very readable and comprehensive study of the life and music of John Buckley, Constellations also offers an up-to-date and informative catalogue of compositions, a complete discography, translations of set texts and the full libretto of his chamber opera, making this book an essential guide for both students and professional scholars alike.
List of contents
Acknowledgements- Foreword- Introduction- Beginnings (1951-1972) - Early Years and Background- Introduction to Music- School Days- The Move to Dublin- Early Works (1973-1976) - Teacher and Composer- Contemporary Music in Ireland in the 1970s- New Developments- SELECTED ANALYSIS: 24- Sonata for CorAnglais and Piano (1973)- Three Pieces for Solo Flute (1973)- Wind Quintet (1976)- Between the Celtic and the Avant-garde- (1977-1987)- Part 1: Towards Ireland- Recognition- Studies in Cardiff- Myth and Modernism- SELECTED ANALYSIS: - Taller than Roman Spears (1977)- Oileáin(1979)- I Am Wind on Sea (1987)- Part 2: Towards Europe- Early Successes- Connecting with Cage and Lutoslawski- SELECTED ANALYSIS: - Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (1981)- Time Piece (1982)- Educational and Peripheral Works(1982-1998)- Ennis Composition Summer School- Educational Works- Consolidation (1988-1996) - Expanding Horizons- The Scene in Ireland- The Late 1980s and Early 1990s- SELECTED ANALYSIS: - Symphony No. 1 (1988)- A Thin Halo of Blue (1990)- The Words Upon the Window Pane (1991)- Concerto for Organ and Orchestra (1992)- Towards a New Refinement (1997-2005) - The Late 1990s and the New Millennium- SELECTED ANALYSIS: - Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra (1997)- Tidal Erotics(1999)- In Winter Light (2004)- Constellations (2005-2010) as far as the eye can seeCoda- Bibliography - Appendices I-VI - Catalogue of Compositions- Abendlied- (text)- Rivers of Paradise - (text)- The words upon the window pane - (Libretto)- Te Deum (text)- Discography- Index -
