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The Chinese Song-Cycles of Brian Dennis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Peter Hill
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Brian Dennis's output since 1973 is evidence of his fascination with Chinese poetry. During that time he has composed no fewer than nine cycles for voice and piano to his own versions of poems from the T'ang dynasty, showing a particular preference for the poets Wang Wei and Tu Fu. The musical development through these cycles owes as much to Dennis's response to the poetry as to any purely musical necessity. The poems became an obsession, the individual problems they posed the catalyst for each musical change.

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Research Article
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Tempo , Issue 137 , June 1981 , pp. 23 - 29
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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References

1 Smalley, Roger, ‘Brian Dennis’ The Musical Times, 01, 1972Google Scholar.

2 Graham, Arthur: Li Po and Tu Fu, p.74Google Scholar.

3 Watson, Burton: Chinese Lyricism, p. 112Google Scholar.

4 Harvard-Yenching, Studies Vol.III: Topics in Chinese Literature p. 69Google Scholar.