- Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson and Peter Dickinson
The Collected Music for Solo Piano
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Peter Dickinson
Programme Note
This volume incorporates Lord Berners’ complete solo piano music in new and authoritative editions by Peter Dickinson. The book includes pieces from the time of the First World War – as audacious as anything by a British composer up to that time – and the music of his later years, composed for film, theatre and ballet. Full notes on the music and a foreword by Sir John Betjeman are included, and a number of the pieces appear in print for the first time.
Contents (*appearing in print for the first time):
Le Poisson d’Or (The Goldfish)
*Dispute entre le Papillon et le Crapaud (Dispute between the butterfly and the Toad)
Trois Petites Marches Funebres (Three Little Funeral Marches)
i. Pour un Homme d’État (For a Statesman)
ii. Pour un Canari (For a Canary)
iii. Pour une Tante à heritage (For a rich Aunt)
Fragments Psychologiques (Psychological Fragments)
i. La Haine (Hatred)
ii. Le Rire (Laughter)
iii. Un Soupir (A Sigh)
*Polka
*Valse
*March
*The Expulsion from Paradise
*Portsmouth Point: A Symphonic Sketch after a Drawing by Rowlandson
Contents (*appearing in print for the first time):
Le Poisson d’Or (The Goldfish)
*Dispute entre le Papillon et le Crapaud (Dispute between the butterfly and the Toad)
Trois Petites Marches Funebres (Three Little Funeral Marches)
i. Pour un Homme d’État (For a Statesman)
ii. Pour un Canari (For a Canary)
iii. Pour une Tante à heritage (For a rich Aunt)
Fragments Psychologiques (Psychological Fragments)
i. La Haine (Hatred)
ii. Le Rire (Laughter)
iii. Un Soupir (A Sigh)
*Polka
*Valse
*March
*The Expulsion from Paradise
*Portsmouth Point: A Symphonic Sketch after a Drawing by Rowlandson