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glasbena kritika – nekoč in danes | music criticism – yesterday and today
Glock’s Achievement
It would be difficult to overestimate Glock’s influence on the development
of these three composers. Commissions, performances and articles always
seemed to follow Glock’s initial interest. All this was achieved by a musi-
cian who had spent his formative working years as a music critic, reporting
on concerts, broadcasts, writing obituaries and making critical assessments
of the work of composers and performing musicians. It was this experi-
ence which reinforced his feeling that British audiences were unresponsive
to new music and especially the reputations of a small number of selected
composers. It was as if he made it his mission at all costs to promote and
publicise this small group of contemporary composers. At the same time
using his numerous opportunities, he was able to transform the response of
the listening public on the radio and that of the audiences at the BBC Sym-
phony Orchestra’s public concerts, mostly at the Royal Festival Hall in Lon-
don and at the BBC London Proms, as well as many other locations in the
United Kingdom, and later on in many places worldwide.
Bibliography
Literature
Adkins, Monty and Michael Russ, eds. The Roberto Gerhard Companion, Farn-
ham, UK: Ashgate, 2013.
Adkins, Monty and Michael Russ, eds. Essays on Roberto Gerhard, Newcas-
tle-on-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2017.
Atherton, David, ed. Programme Book for the London Sinfonietta Schoenberg-Ger-
hard Series. London: London Sinfonietta Productions, 1973.
Boland, Marguerite and John Link, eds. Elliott Carter Studies. Cambridge: Cam-
bridge University Press, 2012.
Boulez, Pierre. Boulez on Music Today. London: Faber, 1971.
Boulez, Pierre. Conversations with Célestin Deliège. London: Eulenburg, 1976.
Boulez, Pierre. Orientations: Collected Writings. London: Faber, 1986.
Boulez, Pierre. Stocktakings from an Apprenticeship, Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1991.
Campbell, Edward and Peter O’Hagan, eds. Boulez Studies. Cambridge: Cam-
bridge University Press, 2016.
Capuzzo, Guy. Elliott Carter’s What Next? Rochester, N.Y.: University of Roches-
ter Press, 2012.
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Glock’s Achievement
It would be difficult to overestimate Glock’s influence on the development
of these three composers. Commissions, performances and articles always
seemed to follow Glock’s initial interest. All this was achieved by a musi-
cian who had spent his formative working years as a music critic, reporting
on concerts, broadcasts, writing obituaries and making critical assessments
of the work of composers and performing musicians. It was this experi-
ence which reinforced his feeling that British audiences were unresponsive
to new music and especially the reputations of a small number of selected
composers. It was as if he made it his mission at all costs to promote and
publicise this small group of contemporary composers. At the same time
using his numerous opportunities, he was able to transform the response of
the listening public on the radio and that of the audiences at the BBC Sym-
phony Orchestra’s public concerts, mostly at the Royal Festival Hall in Lon-
don and at the BBC London Proms, as well as many other locations in the
United Kingdom, and later on in many places worldwide.
Bibliography
Literature
Adkins, Monty and Michael Russ, eds. The Roberto Gerhard Companion, Farn-
ham, UK: Ashgate, 2013.
Adkins, Monty and Michael Russ, eds. Essays on Roberto Gerhard, Newcas-
tle-on-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2017.
Atherton, David, ed. Programme Book for the London Sinfonietta Schoenberg-Ger-
hard Series. London: London Sinfonietta Productions, 1973.
Boland, Marguerite and John Link, eds. Elliott Carter Studies. Cambridge: Cam-
bridge University Press, 2012.
Boulez, Pierre. Boulez on Music Today. London: Faber, 1971.
Boulez, Pierre. Conversations with Célestin Deliège. London: Eulenburg, 1976.
Boulez, Pierre. Orientations: Collected Writings. London: Faber, 1986.
Boulez, Pierre. Stocktakings from an Apprenticeship, Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1991.
Campbell, Edward and Peter O’Hagan, eds. Boulez Studies. Cambridge: Cam-
bridge University Press, 2016.
Capuzzo, Guy. Elliott Carter’s What Next? Rochester, N.Y.: University of Roches-
ter Press, 2012.
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