The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett

Contents

• Chronology of Tippett's life and career Jonathan Rees;
• Part I . Contexts and Concepts:
• 1. Tippett and twentieth-century polarities Arnold Whittall;
• 2. Tippett and the English traditions Christopher Mark;
• 3. 'Things that chiefly interest ME': Tippett and early music Suzanne Cole;
• 4. Tippett and politics: the 1930s and beyond Joanna Bullivant;
• 5. 'Coming out to oneself': encodings of homosexual identity from the first string quartet to The Heart's Assurance Suzanne Robinson;
• 6. Between image and imagination: Tippett's creative process Thomas Schuttenhelm;
• Part II . Works and Genres:
• 7. Tippett's 'great divide': before and after King Priam Iain Stannard;
• 8. 'Symphonic music in our modern times': Tippett and the symphony Edward Venn;
• 9. Tippett and the concerto: from double to triple Kenneth Gloag;
• 10. The four piano sonatas: past and present tensions Alastair Borthwick;
• 11. Formal archetypes, revered masters and singing nightingales: Tippett's string quartets Nicholas Jones;
• 12. Tippett's operatic world: from The Midsummer Marriage to New Year Kenneth Gloag;
• 13. Words and music Edward Venn; Chronological list of works Jonathan Rees.