Granville ransome bantock was the son of a distinguished surgeon and gynaecologist, and thus came from a comfortable victorian family background. Birmingham, to richard peyton 1907 may 8 and june 5, and 1909 may 17. I had never previously heard of sir granville bantock and wanted to try to try something different. The letters additional collection, an artificial collection of letters, includes about 100 letters to granville bantock from gordon bottomley, edward carpenter, sir charles eliot, sir barry jackson, sir john cadmon, donald a. On the printed stationery of the trinity college of music bantock has boldly penned six bars of music on a holograph stave, from an unidentified and apparently unrecorded composition in b minor, marked con anima in his hand. I plan on purchasing an autograph book before we leave but noticed that. A celtic symphony the witch of atlas the sea reivers a hebridean symphony at. The project discussion page is the place to talk about technical and editorial issues and exchange ideas.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Granville bantock british composer 18681946, autograph music quote signed in cardiff 1907 from his vocal work omar khayyam usd eur cad gbp aud jpy zar rub chf 0. After preparing for the indian civil service, bantock studied in london at trinity college of music and the royal academy of music. Shop sir raymond bantock author compose signed autograph als memorabilia and more music, movie, and tv memorabilia at amazons entertainment collectibles store. Bantock was born at 12 granville place in marylebone in london. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from granville bantock at the discogs marketplace. One hundred songs of england for high voice by bantock, granville edited by and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A personal portrait by bantock, myrrha and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Nick bantock and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Granville bantock s music was influenced by folk song of the hebrides as in the 1915 hebridean symphony and the works of richard wagner and richard strauss, and produced many largescale orchestral and choral works. Granville bantock, vernon handley, royal philharmonic orchestra. Granville bantock, vernon handley omar khayyam amazon. A popup version of coleridges classic by samuel taylor coleridge.
Balfour gardiner bantock bartok berlin brigg fair composer concert conducted conductor dance rhapsody dear delius december delius autograph letter delius to edvard delius to eric delius to percy delius to philip delius trust archive deliuss edvard munch edward elgar england english envelope addressed eric fenby ethel smyth february feel. Ours are designed with care, affordable, and convenient to carry on any disney vacation. A natural exuberance and fullness of spirit pervades sir granville bantocks music. Granville bantock, in full sir granville bantock, born august 7, 1868, london, englanddied october 11, 1946, london, english composer known especially for his largescale choral and orchestral works. Granville bantock by bantock, m and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Granville bantock, vernon handley, royal philharmonic orchestra, susan bickley, julian lloyd webber bantock. Bantock, granville autograph music quote signed 1907. Omar khayyam hybrid sacd is a chandos recording that i by random picked up at my local library to give it a chance. List of works by granville bantock this list is manually maintained, therefore some of the available pieces may not yet be linked from this page.
My dear rogue, sir granville bantocks secret romance that. He was one of eight children of sophia elizabeth nee ransome 18431909 and george granville bantock 183619, a scottish surgeon and gynaecologist who was at one time president of the royal gynaecological society. The special collections department also holds papers and scores of a number of other musicians and composers including the diaries and selected letters of sir edward elgar gb0150 ee and the papers of herman sutherland bantock, a viola and violin player and cousin of sir granville bantock gb0150 ms33. The papers of herman sutherland bantock, a cousin of sir granville bantock gb 150 ms33, and the diaries and selected letters of sir edward elgar gb 150 ee are also held in the university of birmingham information services, special collections department. Granville bantock composer, arranger short biography. What you get is the same luscious, exotic, vividly orchestrated music full of sinuous fauxoriental melodies and big splashy climaxes.
Thalaba the destroyer is the principle work on this disc and is a marvelous tone poem. In 1884, at age 16, bantock began showing a strong interest in music. Yungyang by bantock, granville music and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Granville bantock the hebridean connection by vincent budd. New list new article new book new video new post new score new. Sir granville bantock, vernon handley, royal philharmonic. Three books have been published on granville bantock.
Bantock s most famous scottish work is the hebridean symphony from 1915. Being a scot himself, granville bantock 18681946 was smitten with the music of scotland. Location and descriptive details of extant manuscripts will assist scholars and performers reevaluating bantock s complete works. Composer granville bantock 1868 1946, with works available to browse and buy.
Sir granville ransome bantock was born in london in 1868, the son of an eminent and innovative scottish surgeon and gynaecologist, and after refusing a proposed career in the indian civil service, entered the royal academy of music in september 1888 to begin life in the art for which he felt the more obvious and immediate calling. For an automatically generated alphabetical list of all available pieces, please see. Most disney autograph books are plain, expensive, or bulky. Although bantock was influenced by tchaikovsky in writing this music it is not an imitation of the russian composer. Born in 1868, bantock s youthful world was one of privilege, quality, servantsbut also of parental control. Front and rear boards clean with some foxing to spine and head of boards, moderate shelf wear to corners and headfoot of spine, previous owners inscription to fep, card pages, edges of pp slightly browned, gutters cracked but pp secure in binding. In 1970, when i was 15, my friends and i all had autograph books, small volumes of pastel blue, green, yellow, and pink pages. Royal fireworks musick arranged for piano solo by granville bantock by granville bantock and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The rise and fall of the autograph book hudson valley one. Search for granville bantock in the open music library. Were taking my 5 year old son to disney for the first time next month. Bantock granville music abebooks shop for books, art.
Granville bantock is within the scope of the composers wikiproject, a group of editors writing and developing biographical articles about composers of all eras and styles. Bantock, granville atalanta in calydon, a cappella. It is based on a ninth century chinese text which was translated into english in 1916 by launcelot cranmerbyng and set to music in 1919. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. The book is vg with a spine slant, in vg jacket, clipped with one small nick to bottom of rear flap foldover. Traditionally they were exchanged among friends, colleagues, and classmates to fill with. The first was authored by his longtime and long suffering friend and secretary, colonel h. He was a conductor who championed the work of younger composers, though his own style was in the romantic tradition. Follow granville bantock and explore their bibliography from s granville bantock author page. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Bournemouth sinfonietta, frank bridge, granville bantock.
Travelling university students carried these small, leatherbound albums and collected the. Yungyang is a song for medium voice with piano accompaniment. Has granville bantock signature pasted to title page, probably taken from a programme of some sort. Sir raymond bantock author compose signed autograph als. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. He was the son of the surgeon and gynecologist george granville bantock.
We are coming in late september and i was looking into autograph books. All these and thousands of other chemists signed tetsuo nozoes autograph books almost 1200 pages in all between 1953 and 1994. Anderton for the living masters of music series in 1915. Explore releases from granville bantock at discogs. Bantock, granville scenes from the scottish highlands. His celtic symphony featured not two, but six, harps. Granville ransome bantock was born in london on august 7, 1868. Sir granville ransome bantock 7 august 1868 16 october 1946 was a british composer of classical music. Other papers of granville bantock are located at the worcestershire record office. An autograph book is a book for collecting the autographs of others.
Granville bantock collection the national archives. Autograph books originated in the midsixteenth century in europe. Granville bantock british composer 18681946, autograph music quote signed in cardiff 1907 from his vocal work omar khayyam. Granville bantock, used abebooks shop for books, art.
The second is a personal portrait by bantocks daughter, published by dent in. Sir granville bantock, vernon handley, royal philharmonic orchestra bantock. His works are neither dissonant nor chromatic, but are based upon common chords and diatonic discords. His father opposed this desire, and bantock prepared for the indian civil service examinations at his fathers wish, but was unable to sit. Granville bantock 1868 1946 clemson university press. Bantock, granville, sir, 18681946 social networks and. To my pleasant surprise this is a very rewarding and intriguing recording. Granville bantock was a broadminded and fullhearted character, genial, kindly, and generous to friends, seemingly almost childlike in his enthusiasms and unending curiosity. Granville bantock is the fatherinlaw of the composer margaret more 19031966 via her marriage to granville s son, raymond bantock. Josh kuns the autograph book examines the evolution of l.