The Art of Julian Bream (Book) Review

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(More customer reviews)I finished reading this book yesterday.Definitely worthwhile as a fact-book, giving full details of JB's recordings, editions, commissioned works, and a hefty sampling of his recital programmes from 1946 to 2002.

What's missing is any real sense of humanity here. There's precious little biographical information given, not much at all about Julian Bream The Person except where it intersects with his touring schedule.Virtually no objective critiquing is provided other than numerous quotations from concert/recording reviews.It's a very factual approach, useful data but not very engaging to the reader.I get the sense that Wade is unwilling to offer any sort of personal opinions here other than referencing what is on the public record from magazines, newspapers, BBC broadcasts, and similar.

So: as a reference book, five stars.As an interesting book to read, 2 stars.

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This is the first book to present a detailed account of the musical achievements of Julian Bream. In a wide-ranging celebration of his artistry the book offers essential perspectives on vital elements of twentieth century guitar history and reveals how Julian Bream succeeded in establishing the instrument as a uniquely expressive force on the contemporary scene. As well as his phenomenal success in inspiring composers such as Britten, Tippett, Walton, Arnold, Berkeley, Henze, Brouwer, Takemitsu, etc., to write for the guitar, Bream is also renowned as the twentieth century's greatest lutenist and a passionate advocate of Elizabethan music.

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Lute Songs of John Dowland: The Original First and Second Books Including Dowland's Original Lute Tablature Review

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(More customer reviews)It took me awhile to get used to the traditional lute tab notation as I am coming from a regular guitar background (read standard notation & "modern" tablature).This is a good book if you can find it.Ifyou also like steel-string acoustic guitar playing, check out therecordings and transcriptions by John Renbourne.There is another bookthat may be hard to find but worth it called "Complete Anthology forMedieval and Renaissance Guitar" that has some great transcriptionsusing alternate tunings by Renbourne.

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Transcribed for Voice and Guitar by David Nadal.The preeminent lute virtuoso and composer of the early 17th century, John Dowland wrote numerous songs, both gay and melancholy, that dazzled the courts of England and Europe. This rare compilation features 43 of these splendid works in transcriptions for voice and guitar, plus two dances for solo guitar. Original lute tablature and complete song texts included.

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