Sir Donald Francis Tovey (17 July 1875 – 10 July 1940) was a British musical analyst, musicologist, writer on music, composer, conductor and pianist. He...
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This is a list of compositions by Donald Tovey. Bagatelles Allegro and Andante Variations on an Original Theme Passacaglia Balliol Dances Sonata eroica...
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The concerto has no association with any emperor, and according to Donald Tovey and Betsy Schwarm, Beethoven would have disliked it due to his disapproval...
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Sophie Weisse (section Relationship with Donald Tovey)
was the teacher and life-long friend of the music scholar and composer Donald Tovey. Weisse was born in Edinburgh in 1852 to immigrant parents. Her father...
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"Jerusalem" and the coronation anthem "I was glad" Roger Quilter, composer Donald Tovey, musicologist Frank Turner, musician Atticus Ross, musician and film...
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Symphony No. 2. It is highly regarded by critics and musicologists; Donald Tovey stated that "along with the four Brahms symphonies and Schubert's Ninth...
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The sonata is the subject of musical analyses including studies by Donald Tovey, Denis Matthews, Heinrich Schenker, and Charles Rosen. It has been recorded...
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for keyboard along with Bach's Goldberg Variations. The music writer Donald Tovey called it "the greatest set of variations ever written" and pianist Alfred...
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composer Brian Tovey (1926–2015), British intelligence analyst Cameron Tovey (born 1985), Australian former basketball player Donald Francis Tovey (1875–1940)...
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unmentioned. Despite Berlioz' mention of Byron, music critics, including Donald Tovey, have pointed out that Harold in Italy owes nearly nothing to the poem:...
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Dass, who has 'fire enough in his belly to burn up the entire world.'" Donald Tovey, writing in his Essays in Musical Analysis, commented on this movement's...
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musical beat whereas the first-movement theme begins on a weak one. Donald Tovey pours scorn on the idea that a rhythmic motif unifies the symphony: "This...
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look into it, the more brightly the stars shine back." The musicologist Donald Tovey praises the work as “one of the greatest orchestral works since Beethoven”...
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according to Douglas, written before Belloc's work. Belloc's friend Donald Tovey had composed musical settings of some of the verses by 1899 and played...
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Contrapunctus XIV which include the fourth subject, including musicologists Donald Tovey (1931), Zoltán Göncz (1992), Yngve Jan Trede (1995), and Thomas Daniel...
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(1912) Bertram Walton O’Donnell: Phantasy for cello and piano (1912) Donald Tovey: Phantasy for clarinet quintet (1912) York Bowen: Phantasy for violin...
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recognised as among his greatest achievements. They were championed by Donald Tovey in his Essay on the Classical Concerto in 1903, and later by Cuthbert...
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sometimes considered a "musical joke". For example, the English musicologist Donald Tovey has called this work "a comedy of manners". In fact, Symphony No. 1 can...
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pairing of Sir Alexander Mackenzie's Scottish Concerto alongside Sir Donald Tovey's Piano Concerto in A, winning a BBC Music Magazine 'Best of the Year'...
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Concerto No. 2 in D Major (Part 1 of 2)". CelloBello. Retrieved 2023-11-08. Donald Tovey, Essays in Musical Analysis, Concertos Media related to Cello Concerto...
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teachers Verrall (1908–2001) studied with teachers including Aaron Copland, Donald Ferguson, Roy Harris, Frederick Jacobi, Zoltán Kodály, and R. O. Morris...
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precedes it is so delicate in texture, so nimble and light-footed." Donald Tovey cites the abrupt intrusion of the C-sharp as an example of Beethoven's...
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itself, and most original gaiety": The second subject is, in the words of Donald Tovey, "a conversation between the bassoon, the oboe, and the flute." The development...
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new instructional compositions. One of the original editors was Sir Donald Tovey, who wrote informative notes on the music which are still highly regarded...
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Robert Schumann regarded it as possessing "Grecian lightness and grace". Donald Tovey saw in it the character of opera buffa. Almost certainly, however, the...
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self-conscious attempt to distance classical music from folk traditions. As Sir Donald Tovey explains in his discussion of Joseph Haydn's Symphony no. 88, "The trio...
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distinguished musicological personages such as Heinrich Schenker and Sir Donald Tovey, largely because of its expansive length, unusual harmonies and interesting...
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the role of the development section in the sonata form first movement. Donald Tovey described the final movement as a "polonaise for polar bears". However...
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decompose, to mutilate the spirit of a work". Some analysts, such as Donald Tovey (whose Essays in Musical Analysis are among the most accessible musical...
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Michael's Church, Croydon from 1921 to 1931, continuing his study with Donald Tovey at Edinburgh University from 1934 to 1936. In anticipation of conscientious...
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