Becoming a composer /

'Singer, composer, musician. Renaissance Woman of contemporary music.' The Observer I am a composer. A composer of classical music. Quite honestly I am not quite sure how that happened to a girl born in Belize and brought up in Tottenham. It is clear that composing found me. It crept up on...

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Main Author: Wallen, Errollyn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Faber & Faber Limited, 2023.
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Summary:'Singer, composer, musician. Renaissance Woman of contemporary music.' The Observer I am a composer. A composer of classical music. Quite honestly I am not quite sure how that happened to a girl born in Belize and brought up in Tottenham. It is clear that composing found me. It crept up on me and wouldn't let me out of its grasp. Now a leading international composer and a singer-songwriter, Errollyn Warren is as much at home in jazz and pop as in the classical world. Part memoir, Becoming a Composer offers an intriguing glimpse into the mind and motivation of a composer and covers aspects of Wallen's sometimes troubled childhood and her experiences of growing up as a black composer in the United Kingdom. It includes a collection of observations, diaries following the progress of new works and essays and seeks to shed light on the way a composer sees and hears the world.
Physical Description:xi, 324 pages, [8] pages of plates (some color) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0571370136
9780571370139