The Roberto Gerhard Companion

Monty Adkins, Michael Russ

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English

Routledge
14 October 2024

Music; Theory of music & musicology; Music reviews & criticism; 20th century & contemporary classical music; Language: reference & general

Series: Routledge Music Companions

More than forty years after the composer's death, the music of Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970) continues to be recorded and performed and to attract international scholarly interest. The Roberto Gerhard Companion is the first full length scholarly work on this composer noted for his sharp intellect and original, exploring mind. This book builds on the outcomes of two recent international conferences and includes contributions by scholars from Spain, the USA and UK. The essays collected here explore themes and trends within Gerhard’s work, using individual or groups of works as case studies. Among the themes presented are the way Gerhard’s work was shaped by his Catalan heritage, his education under Pedrell and Schoenberg, and his very individual reaction to the latter’s teaching and methods, notably Gerhard’s very distinctive approach to serialism. The influence of these and other cultural and literary figures is an important underlying theme that ties essays together. Exiled from Catalonia from 1939, Gerhard spent the remainder of his life in Cambridge, England, composing a string of often ground-breaking compositions, notably the symphonies and concertos composed in the 1950s and 1960s. A particular focus in this book is Gerhard's electronic music. He was a pioneer in this genre and the book will contain the first rigorous studies of this music as well as the first accurate catalogue of this electronic output. His ground-breaking output of incidental music for radio and the stage is also given detailed consideration.

By: Monty Adkins
Edited by: Michael Russ
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 743g
ISBN: 9781032920498
ISBN 10: 1032920491
Series: Routledge Music Companions
Pages: 402
Publication Date: 14 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Monty Adkins is Professor of Experimental Music at the University of Huddersfield. His writings deal extensively with the aesthetics and perception of experimental electronic music as well as proposing means of analysing this work. He has lectured on Gerhard’s work in New York, Stockholm, Ljubljana and Montreal. Michael Russ is Emeritus Dean and Professor of Music at the University of Huddersfield. He has published on composers including Bartok, Musorgsky and Webern as well as set theory and Schenkerian analysis. As a National Teaching Fellow he has also published on Teaching and Learning in higher education.

Reviews for The Roberto Gerhard Companion

'This is a beautifully produced book ... full of insights and scholarship of the highest level. There is an extensive bibliography and well compiled index. All who read this publication will have their perspectives of Spanish musical culture in the twentieth century challenged and extended'. Classical Guitar Magazine 'Perhaps this book will spark greater interest in Gerhard, which in turn will lead to more performances and recordings.' American Record Guide ’The publication of this Companion is most welcome. The editors have collated material, in thirteen chapters, arising from two important conferences on his music at the University of Huddersfield in 2010 and in Barcelona in 2012, which captures the research of scholars from Madrid, Texas, and Kansas as well as the UK ...As a whole, this Companion covers a wide range of fine research’. Music and Letters 'The Roberto Gerhard Companion deserves a place on shelves and wide readership.' ARSC