The Philosophy of Modernism Its Connection With Music
The Philosophy of Modernism Its Connection With Music
Cyril Scott
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Here, Cyril Scott's music is comparable to no other. There is nothing of Debussy here, nothing of Strauss ; it is the com- poser himself. In the last movement for four bars only there is a very striking co-incidence with a favourite mood of Scriabin. But Cyril Scott at the time of writing knew nothing of Scriabin, and the momentary co-incidence is only interesting to a keen student of both composers. 48 CYRIL SCOTT The Two Passacaglias, notwithstanding their brevity, are undoubtedly the compose...r's high- est orchestral achievements. There he would seem to have drained the orchestra of every possibility, and the result is remarkable and most impressive. The two airs used are the Irish Famine Song, that deeply sad lament al- most heartrending in its intensity, and the Poor Irish Boy, which one gathers was originally a sad and sedate melody, but which Scott has used in a: gin im pi =2 a g ft t 5 & i J53. ~j ORCHESTRAL & CHORAL WORKS 49 rapid tempo and produced a piece of feet-quick- ening vivacity, almost amounting to riotousness.
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