{"product_id":"bax-summer-music-hoflich","title":"Bax: Summer Music","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/arnold-bax\"\u003eArnold Bax (1883-1954)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Full Score\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eOrchestra\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Summer Music (Version for Orchestra) (1921)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 40\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummer Music is from 1917, originally for piano and called Idyll, but quite quickly scored for small orchestra. Its genesis is not especially clear and the original score and parts are lost, but it was first performed at the Queen's Hall on 1 November 1921, by the London Symphony Orchestra under Hamilton Harty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBax seems to have been very happy with both the piece and the circumstances of his life at the time of composition. He invited a friend to visit him with the words, \"Every day is more golden than the last and makes an almost unbearable extasy in one's being … I for one am very glad that I am still permitted to be alive\". He also said that the work evoked \"a windless June midday somewhere in southern England\", a sentiment he repeated in 1932 when he revised it for publication. On revision, he dedicated the work to Sir Thomas Beecham – very appropriate for a work that seems to have emerged from a deep respect for Frederick Delius – although Beecham withdrew from performing the revision, which was left to Adrian Boult and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Phillip Brookes, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Musikproduktion Höflich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46419413565519,"sku":"MPH6201","price":34.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/20eead0eca3dc5dfb884c0324c537127.jpg?v=1786980623","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/products\/bax-summer-music-hoflich","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}