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Brave new worlds: experimentalism between the wars
No full textIntroduction: trajectories of twentieth-century music Nicholas Cook with Anthony Pople; 1. Peripheries and interfaces: Western music and its others Jonathan Stock; 2. Music of a century: museum culture and the politics of subsidy Leon Botstein; 3. Innovation and the avant-garde, 1900 1920 Christopher Butler; 4. Music, text and stage: the tradition of bourgeois tonality, 1900 1930 Stephen Banfield; 5. Classic jazz to 1945 James Collier; 6. Flirting with the vernacular: America in Europe, 1900 1945 Susan Cook; 7. Between the wars: traditions, modernisms and the ‘‘little people’ from the suburbs’ Peter Franklin; 8. Brave new worlds: experimentalism between the wars David Nicholls; 9. Proclaiming a mainstream: Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern Joseph Auner; 10. Rewriting the past: classicisms of the interwar period Hermann Danuser; 11. Music of seriousness and commitment: the 1930s and beyond Michael Walter; 12. Other mainstreams: light music and easy listening, 1920 70 Derek Scott; 13. New beginnings: the international avant-garde, 1945 62 David Osmond-Smith; 14. Moderate modernisms: individualism and accessibility, 1945 75 Arnold Whittall; 15. After swing: modern jazz and its impact Mervyn Cooke; 16. Music of the youth revolution: rock through the 1960s Robynn Stilwell; 17. Expanding horizons: the international avant-garde, 1962 75 Richard Toop; 18. To the millennium: music as commodity Andrew Blake; 19. Ageing of the new: the museum of musical modernism Alastair Williams; 20. (Post)-minimalisms, 1975 2000: the search for a new mainstream Robert Fink; 21. History and class consciousness: pop music towards 2000 Dai Griffiths; 22. ‘Art’ music in a cross-cultural context: Africa towards 2000 Martin Scherzinger; Appendices: 1. Personalia Peter Elsdon with Björn Heile; 2. Chronology Peter Elsdon and Peter Jones
New Musical Resources (with contributions by David Nicholls)
No full textSince its original publication in 1930, Henry Cowell’s New Musical Resources has become recognised as one of the few seminal technical studies to be written by a twentieth-century composer. In 1971, Virgil Thomson hailed it as ‘a classic’. Cowell aimed to ‘point out the influence the overtone series has exerted on music throughout its history, how many musical materials of all ages are related to it, and how … a large palette of musical materials can be assembled’. In this respect Cowell was anticipating many of the ideas to be realized in electronic music by Stockhausen and others. For this new edition, David Nicholls has provided an explanatory essay and annotations to Cowell’s text. The essay traces the sources for the book and attempts to place Cowell’s theories in the broader context of musical modernism.ContentsPart I. Tone Combinations: 1. The influence of overtones in music; 2. Polyharmony; 3. Tone-quality; 4. Dissonant counterpoint; Part II. Rhythm: 1. Time; 2. Metre; 3. Dynamics; 4. Form; 5. Metre and time combinations; 6. Tempo; 7. Scales of rhythm; Part III. Chord Formation: 1. Building chords from different intervals; 2. Tone-clusters; Notes on the text David Nicholls; Henry Cowell's New Musical Resources David Nicholls
[Hugh Wood's teaching at Cambridge in the late seventies]
No full textThe composer and historian of American Experimental Music David Nicholls, now Professor at Keele University, recalls Hugh Wood's teaching at Cambridge in the late seventies, and a friendship that has continued ever since
Plans, elevation and cross section of residence for David Pratten Esq. Telegraph and Pittwater Roads, Pymble, [New South Wales] [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Eric Milton Nicholls collection.; Title from acquisition documentation.; Inscriptions: "David Pratten Eaq. residence, Telegraph and Pittwater Roads, Pymble."--Lower right; "Walter Burley Griffin, Architect, Sydney, Eric Nicholls, Architect, Melbourne"--Lower left; "Printed by Leica Photo Service, Kyle House, Sydney"--Stamped on verso.; Condition: Good.; Also available in electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3603884a-s137; Purchased from Marie and Glynn Nicholls, 2006.; Vernon inventory, Pt II/7 No.6b
Site plan and perspective for residence, David Pratten Esq. Telegraph and Pittwater Roads, Pymble, [New South Wales] [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Eric Milton Nicholls collection.; Title from acquisition documentation.; Inscriptions: "David Pratten Eaq. residence"--Lower right; "Enlarged by Leica Photo Service, Kyle House, Sydney"--Stamped on verso.; Condition: Good.; Also available in electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3603884a-s138; Purchased from Marie and Glynn Nicholls, 2006.; Vernon inventory, Pt II/7 No.6c
American Experimental Music, 1890-1940
No full textFrom the end of the nineteenth century a national musical consciousness gradually developed in the USA as composers began to turn away from the European conventions on which their music had hitherto been modelled. It was in this period of change that experimentation was born. In this book, the composer and scholar David Nicholls considers the most influential figures in the development of American experimental music, including Charles Ives, Charles Seeger, Ruth Crawford, Henry Cowell, and the young John Cage. He analyses the music and ideas of this group, explaining the compositional techniques invented and employed by them and the historical and cultural context in which they emerged.ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the new and the experimental; 2. In Re Con Moto Et Al: experimentalism in the works of Charles Ives; 3. 'On Dissonant Counterpoint': the development of a new polyphony, primarily by Charles Seeger, Carl Ruggles and Ruth Crawford; 4. New Musical resources: radical innovation in the music of Henry Cowell; 5. 'The Future of Music: Credo': the development of a philosophy of experimentation in the early works of John Cage; 6. Conclusion: unity through diversity; Select bibliography; Appendix: musical editions and selected readings
Exterior view of completed David Pratten residence, prior to garden installation, [Pymble, New South Wales] [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on information from Vernon inventory listing and reference sources.; Part of: Eric Milton Nicholls collection.; Inscriptions: "W.B. Griffin, E.M. Nicholls""Photo by L.A. Wilkinson, 282 George St. Phone BW 5110"--Stamped on verso.; Condition: Good.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3603884a-s141; Purchased from Marie and Glynn Nicholls, 2006.; Vernon inventory, Pt. II/7 No 6f
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The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969
No full textTranscript of a letter by an unidentified author to David Fentress regarding sharing federal newspapers and the banning of federal newspapers in some areas. The author passes on the news of the war including the destruction of the Federal merchantmen by the Confederate fleet. He passes along world news: Russia preparing to go to War with Europe and how that could negatively affect the Confederacy. There is also speculation on the future of the war
The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969
No full textTranscript of a letter by an unidentified author to David Fentress regarding sharing federal newspapers and the banning of federal newspapers in some areas. The author passes on the news of the war including the destruction of the Federal merchantmen by the Confederate fleet. He passes along world news: Russia preparing to go to War with Europe and how that could negatively affect the Confederacy. There is also speculation on the future of the war
Race, couleur et indépendance en Haïti (1804-1825)
No full textNicholls David. Race, couleur et indépendance en Haïti (1804-1825). In: Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine, tome 25 N°2, Avril-juin 1978. pp. 177-212
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