Composing in Words - William Alwyn on his Art Andrew Palmer, editor ISBN: 978-0-907689-71-3 Hardback Number of pages: 370, plus 26 black and white illustrations Chapters: 15 © 2009 The William Alwyn Foundation Reviewer: Patric Standford Review of Composing in Words - William Alwyn on his Art published on 15 July 2010 Introduction 1 Winged Chariot: An Essay in Autobiography 2 Early Closing: An Autobiography of Childhood 3 Ariel to Miranda: A Journal 4 Meet the Composer 5 The Musical Opinions of Doctor Crotch 6 Film Music: Sound or Silence? 7 The Background to Miss Julie 8 Elgar as a Conductor 9 The Music of Arnold Bax 10 The Golden Girl and the Swallow: A New Assessment of Puccini 11 My Debt to Czech Music Appendix: The William Alwyn Foundation Index of Alwyn's Works General Index  << Music & Vision home                New releases >>