Ian Pace

Christopher Fox

Henrietta Brougham

This is the first book devoted to the study of the music of Michael Finnissy (b.1946), widely regarded as one of the most important British composers of his generation. The remarkable diversity of Finnissy's music is explored in a series of essays, lavishly illustrated with music examples, which cover each area of his work. The book also includes a lengthy interview with the composer. A comprehensive catalogue of Finnissy's output completes the survey.

The Music of Michael Finnissy

Uncommon Ground

David Cooper

Ian Sapiro

What has been described as second generation film musicology is both building on, and challenging the orthodoxies of, the pioneering work of scholars who published in the final two decades of the twentieth century. CineMusic? Constructing the Film Score is representative of this new scholarship, approaching the construction of the film score from a number of perspectives, from the primarily practical to the more abstract and theoretical. The films that form the basis of these reflections are similarly diverse, from art-house to mainstream, classical to postmodern. This volume includes essays by established and upcoming scholars and practitioners as well as interviews with two of the UK’s most influential film composers—Trevor Jones (Mississippi Burning, Brassed Off!, Notting Hill, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) and Michael Nyman (The Draughtsman’s Contract, The Piano, Gattaca, The Libertine). An afterward by Anahid Kassabian proposes a number of areas that are ripe for further exploration.

CineMusic? Constructing the Film Score

The following is a collection of adventures by Kyle MacDonald, a Canadian engineer born of immigrant parents who initially envisaged a peaceful life in a quiet town just outside of Ottawa. However, events take a nasty turn when his family life is shattered, and he elects to start a new life in Costa Rica. Settling into what seemed to be idyllic surroundings as the owner of a small hotel on a secluded beach, his life is once more interrupted when he unwittingly gets involved with a powerful Mafia family. You can follow Kyle’s first adventure in The Santini Vendetta, a novella that represents the first book in the series. You can enjoy books two to four without reading the first in series, but the first book provides some background on Kyle MacDonald, as well as some of the characters in Book 2, Lost Loot of Lima. The Santini Vendetta can be downloaded for free from my website, www.authorchrisfox.com. Follow Kyle’s adventures as events in his life serve to harden him as he faces tragedy after tragedy while managing to stay alive.

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