Roy Agnew: Dance Of The Wild Men (1918)

Composer: Roy Agnew; Sitsky, Larry

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Roy Agnew: Dance Of The Wild Men (1918)

Date

1921

Authors

Composer: Roy Agnew

Sitsky, Larry

Publisher

Canberra School of Music, Australian National University

Abstract

"Dance of the Wild Men was composed in August, 1919. Like Deirdres Lament, it is dedicated to Benno Moiseiwitsch. Although published in 1921, Agnew later made some changes to the work. These amendments were given to me by Winifred Burston; they are not major changes, and mostly involve dynamics and the odd chromatic alteration. This sort of work is generally played as an encore at the end of a recital, with no holds barred, and without concern for small slips here or there, so that the composers indications such as bang, fierce, with utmost intensity and furiously can be realised and projected." -- Larry Sitsky"