This collection represents current research on Birtwistle's music, reflecting the diversity of his work through a wide range of perspectives.

This collection of essays celebrates the work of Sir Harrison Birtwistle, one of the key figures in European contemporary music. Representing current research o

A definitive source study of the stage works of Harrison Birtwistle, one of Britain's foremost living composers.

Sir Harrison Birtwistle is the most original, the most challenging, and the most controversial British composer of our time. His notoriously angular music is at

This collection represents current research on Birtwistle's music, reflecting the diversity of his work through a wide-range of perspectives.