Stephen Goss
Biographic Data
| ID | 10069610 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Goss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Goss |
| SIGNATURE | GOSS S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Come, Heavy Sleep: Motive and Metaphor in Britten’s Nocturnal, opus 70
"The prevailing melancholy [of Britten’s Nocturnal] is as natural to the guitar’s sonorities as it is appropriate in a tribute to John Dowland." —Peter Evans, The Music of Benjamin Britten. Such summary remarks characterise what little has been written about Britten’s Nocturnal outside the guitar world. The reader’s reaction might be one of passive agreement or mild irritation, but there is rarely dialogue because discourse is limited: Nocturnal …
The Guitar and the Musical Canon (Webinar)
For much of the twentieth century, classical guitarists suffered from an inferiority complex. Could their idiosyncratic instrument ever be taken seriously by the classical establishment? Andrés Segovia devoted his life to “four essential tasks” that would help the guitar sit shoulder to shoulder with the more established instruments of the classical canon: a separation from “mindless folkloric entertainment,” a newly commissioned repertoire of or…
No prominent works on this page.
The Guitar and the Musical Canon (Webinar)
For much of the twentieth century, classical guitarists suffered from an inferiority complex. Could their idiosyncratic instrument ever be taken seriously by the classical establishment? Andrés Segovia devoted his life to “four essential tasks” that would help the guitar sit shoulder to shoulder with the more established instruments of the classical canon: a separation from “mindless folkloric entertainment,” a newly commissioned repertoire of or…
Come, Heavy Sleep: Motive and Metaphor in Britten’s Nocturnal, opus 70
"The prevailing melancholy [of Britten’s Nocturnal] is as natural to the guitar’s sonorities as it is appropriate in a tribute to John Dowland." —Peter Evans, The Music of Benjamin Britten. Such summary remarks characterise what little has been written about Britten’s Nocturnal outside the guitar world. The reader’s reaction might be one of passive agreement or mild irritation, but there is rarely dialogue because discourse is limited: Nocturnal …
Guitar (2 works) · Musicology and Musical Analysis (2 works) · Acoustics (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Canon (1 works) · Classical music (1 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (1 works) · Dream (1 works) · Evelyn Waugh and Hans Urs von Balthasar Studies (1 works)