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Cyril Meir Scott (27 September 1879 – 31 December 1970) was an English composer, writer, poet, and occultist. He created around four hundred musical compositions including piano, violin, cello concertos, symphonies, and operas. He also wrote around 20 pamphlets and books on occult topics and natural health.
Scott was born in Oxton, Cheshire to Henry Scott (1843-1918), shipper and scholar of Greek and Hebrew, and Mary (née Griffiths), an amateur pianist of Welsh origin.[1] He showed a talent for music from an early age and was sent to the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, Germany to study piano in 1892 at age 12. He studied with Iwan Knorr and belonged to the Frankfurt Group, a circle of composers who studied at the Hoch Conservatory in the late 1890s. At 20, the German poet Stefan George helped Scott organize a performance of Scott's first symphony. He played his Piano Quartet with Fritz Kreisler, Emil Kreuz, and Ludwig Lebell in St. James' Hall in 1903.[2]
In 1902 he met the pianist Evelyn Suart, with whom he had a long artistic association. She championed his music, premiering many of his works, and introducing him to his publisher, Elkin, with whom he remained for the rest of his life. Evelyn Suart was also a Christian Scientist, and it was through her that Scott became interested in metaphysics.[3][4] Scott dedicated his Scherzo, Op. 25 to Evelyn Suart.[4][5]
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His experiments in free rhythm, generated by expanding musical motifs, above all in his First Piano Sonata of 1909,[6] appear to have exerted an influence on Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring (see The Cyril Scott Companion, pp. 45–47). He used to be known as 'the English Debussy', though this reflected little knowledge of Scott and little understanding of Debussy.[7]
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^Arthur Eaglefield Hull. Cyril Scott, Composer, Poet and Philosopher ("Library of Music and Musicians", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1919).
^ ab"Leslie De'Ath, Cyril Scott as Composer, Pianist and Author". Musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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^Hurd, Michael. Cyril Scott, in Grove Music Online, 2001
^ abScott, Desmond. “The Therapeutic Books.” The Cyril Scott Companion: Unity in Diversity, edited by Desmond Scott et al., NED - New edition ed., Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, NY, 2018, pp. 359–370.
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pamphlets and books on occult topics and natural health Cyril Scott Contents 1 Biography 2 Music 3 Alternative medicine 4 Compositions selective list 4 1 Dramatic 4 1 1 Opera 4 1 2 Ballet 4 1 3 Incidental music 4 2 Orchestral 4 3 Concertante works 4 4 Choral music 4 5 Chamber music 4 6 Piano solo 4 7 Other instrumental solo 5 Literature 5 1 Prose 5 2 Alternative medicine 5 3 Occultism 5 4 Poetry 6 Bibliography 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksBiography EditScott was born in Oxton Cheshire to Henry Scott 1843 1918 shipper and scholar of Greek and Hebrew and Mary nee Griffiths an amateur pianist of Welsh origin 1 He showed a talent for music from an early age and was sent to the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt Germany to study piano in 1892 at age 12 He studied with Iwan Knorr and belonged to the Frankfurt Group a circle of composers who studied at the Hoch Conservatory in the late 1890s At 20 the German poet Stefan George helped Scott organize a performance of Scott s first symphony He played his Piano Quartet with Fritz Kreisler Emil Kreuz and Ludwig Lebell in St James Hall in 1903 2 In 1902 he met the pianist Evelyn Suart with whom he had a long artistic association She championed his music premiering many of his works and introducing him to his publisher Elkin with whom he remained for the rest of his life Evelyn Suart was also a Christian Scientist and it was through her that Scott became interested in metaphysics 3 4 Scott dedicated his Scherzo Op 25 to Evelyn Suart 4 5 Music EditHis experiments in free rhythm generated by expanding musical motifs above all in his First Piano Sonata of 1909 6 appear to have exerted an influence on Stravinsky s The Rite of Spring see The Cyril Scott Companion pp 45 47 He used to be known as the English Debussy though this reflected little knowledge of Scott and little understanding of Debussy 7 Alternative medicine EditScott had an interest in alternative medicine health foods occultism naturopathy philosophy and yoga 8 In a series of books and pamphlets he urged the sick even those with cancer to trust diet and alternative medicine and avoid trained medics and surgery Scott was an alternative cancer treatment advocate and authored two works on this subject He also recommended people to consume black molasses and cider vinegar 8 Compositions selective list EditDramatic Edit Opera Edit The Alchemist 1917 18 The Saint of the Mountain 1924 25 The Shrine c 1925 26 Maureen O Mara 1945 Ballet Edit The Incompetent Apothecary 1923 Karma 1924 Masque of the Red Death 1930 Incidental music Edit Othello 1920 Return to Nature 1920 Smetse Smee c 1925 26 Susannah and the Elders 1937 Orchestral Edit Symphony No 1 in G major 1899 Pelleas and Melisanda overture Op 5 1900 later revised as Op 20 Lyric Suite Op 6 1900 Heroic Suite Op 7 c 1900 Christmas Overture c 1900 Symphony No 2 in A minor 1901 02 withdrawn and revised as Three Symphonic Dances Princess Maleine overture Op 18 1902 withdrawn and revised as Festival Overture Aglavaine et Selysette overture Op 21 c 1902 Rhapsody for orchestra No 1 Op 32 1904 Aubade Op 77 1905 revised c 1911 Three Symphonic Dances Op 22 c 1907 revised from Symphony No 2 Egypt ballet suite 1913 Two Passacaglias on Irish Themes 1914 Britain s War March 1914 Suite Fantastique for chamber orchestra c 1928 Neptune poem of the sea 1933 revised 1935 originally titled Disaster at Sea Symphony No 3 The Muses with chorus 1937 Ode descantique for string orchestra c 1940 Hourglass Suite for chamber orchestra c 1949 Symphony No 4 1951 52 Neapolitan Rhapsody 1959 Sinfonietta for organ harp and strings 1962 Concertante works Edit Piano Concerto in D major Op 10 1900 Cello Concerto Op 19 1902 Piano Concerto No 1 1913 14 Violin Concerto c 1925 Philomel for cello and orchestra c 1925 Double concerto for violin cello and orchestra 1926 The Melodist and the Nightingale for cello and orchestra 1929 Early One Morning for piano and orchestra 1930 31 revised 1962 Concertino for two pianos and orchestra 1931 Double concerto for two violins and orchestra 1931 Passacaglia Festevole for two pianos and orchestra c 1935 Cello Concerto 1937 Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra 1937 Concerto for oboe and strings 1946 Concertino for bassoon flute and strings 1951 Piano Concerto No 2 1958 Choral music Edit Magnificat for soloists chorus orchestra and organ 1899 The Ballad of Fair Helen of Kirkonnel for baritone chorus and orchestra Op 8 1900 My Captain for voice and piano Op 38 1904 Nativity Hymn for soloists chorus and orchestra 1913 14 La belle dame sans merci for baritone chorus and orchestra 1915 17 Festival Overture for chorus and orchestra 1929 Mystic Ode for chorus and chamber orchestra 1932 Summerland for chorus and orchestra 1935 Ode to Great Men for tenor female chorus and orchestra 1936 Hymn to Unity for soloists chorus and orchestra 1947 Chamber music Edit Piano Trio in E minor Op 3 c 1899 Piano Quartet in E minor Op 16 1899 String Quartet Op 12 c 1900 Sextet for piano and strings Op 26 c 1903 rev 1914 as Quintet performed and later withdrawn String Quartet Op 28 c 1903 String Quartet in F major Op 31 c 1904 Violin Sonata No 1 in C major Op 59 1908 String Quartet No 1 1919 String Quintet No 1 1919 Piano Trio No 1 c 1920 publ 1922 Piano Quintet No 1 1920 publ 1924 previous Quintets had been performed but later withdrawn Quintet for flute harp violin viola and cello 1926 String Trio No 1 1931 Sonata Lirica for violin and piano 1937 Viola Sonata 1939 revised 1953 String Trio No 2 1949 Piano Trio No 2 1950 Violin Sonata No 2 Sonata Melodica 1950 Cello Sonata 1950 String Quartet No 2 1951 Quintet for clarinet and strings 1951 Piano Quintet No 2 1952 String Quintet No 2 1953 Violin Sonata No 3 1955 Trio for clarinet cello and piano c 1955 Violin Sonata No 4 1956 Piano Trio No 3 1957 String Quartet No 3 1961 Flute Sonata 1961 Trio Pastorale for flute cello and piano 1961 String Quartet No 4 1964 Piano solo Edit Piano Sonata in D major Op 17 1901 W 329 Handelian Rhapsody for piano revision ed Percy Grainger Op 17 1909 W 134 Scherzo Op 25 1904 2 Pierrot Pieces Op 35 1904 2 Piano Pieces Op 37 1904 Solitude Op 40 1 1904 Vesperale Op 40 2 1904 Chimes Op 40 3 1904 Lotus Land Op 47 1 1905 Columbine Op 47 2 1905 Summerland Op 54 1907 2 Alpine Sketches Op 58 1908 Dance Negre 1908 Sphinx Op 63 1908 Piano Sonata No 1 Op 66 1909 4 Piano Pieces Op 67 1909 10 Piano Suite Op 71 1 1910 Water Wagtail 1910 Berceuse in E flat 1911 Pierrette 1912 3 British Melodies 1912 Rainbow Trout 1916 Piano Sonata No 2 1935 Piano Sonata No 3 1956 Other instrumental solo Edit The Ecstatic Shepherd for solo flute c 1922 Celtic Fantasy for solo harp 1926 Sonatina for solo guitar c 1927 commissioned by Andres Segovia Idyll for solo violin 1928 Literature EditProse Edit 1917 The Philosophy of Modernism in its Connection with Music 1920 The Initiate Some Impressions of a Great Soul Anon 1920 The Adept of Galilee A Story and an Argument Anon 1924 Autobiography My Years of Indiscretion 1927 The Initiate in the New World Anon 1928 The Art of Making a Perfect Husband 1930 Childishness A Study in Occult Conduct 1932 The Initiate in the Dark Cycle Anon 1933 Vision of the Nazarene Anon 1933 Music Its Secret Influence Throughout the Ages 1936 The Greater Awareness 1939 Man is my Theme 1939 The Ghost of a Smile 1942 The Christian Paradox 1952 Die Tragoedie Stefan George 1953 Man the Unruly Child 1953 Simpler and Safer Remedies for Grievous Ills 1953 The Boy Who Saw True 1969 Autobiography Bone of ContentionAlternative medicine Edit 1939 Victory Over Cancer Without Radium Or Surgery 1940 Health Diet and Commonsense 1938 Doctors Disease and Health 1946 Crude Black Molasses 1946 Medicine Rational and Irrational 1948 Cider Vinegar 1953 Simpler and Safer Remedies for Grievous Ills 1955 Sleeplessness Its Prevention and Cure by Harmless Methods 1956 Constipation and Commonsense 1968 Cancer Prevention Fallacies and Some Reassuring FactsOccultism Edit 1935 Outline of Modern Occultism 1957 Occultism An Alternative to Scientific HumanismPoetry Edit 190 The Shadows of Silence and the Songs of Yesterday 1907 The Grave of Eros and the Book of Mournful Melodies 1909 Translation The Flowers of Evil Charles Baudelaire 1910 Translation Poems of Stefan George Selections from his Works 1910 The Voice of the Ancient 1912 The Vales of Unity 1915 The Celestial Aftermath A Springtime of the Heart and Faraway Songs 1943 The Poems of playboyBibliography EditHull A Eaglefield Cyril Scott Composer Poet and Philosopher London 1918 Sampsel Laurie J Cyril Scott A Bio Bibliography Greenwood 2000 Collins Sarah The Aesthetic Life of Cyril Scott Boydell 2013 Scott Desmond and others edd The Cyril Scott Companion Boydell 2018 See also EditTheosophy and literature Theosophists as fiction writers The Initiate by Cyril ScottReferences Edit The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press 2004 doi 10 1093 ref odnb 35983 Subscription or UK public library membership required piano amp strings Cyrilscott net Retrieved 7 August 2020 Arthur Eaglefield Hull Cyril Scott Composer Poet and Philosopher Library of Music and Musicians London K Paul Trench Trubner 1919 a b Leslie De Ath Cyril Scott as Composer Pianist and Author Musicweb international com Retrieved 7 August 2020 Music Cyril Scott Archived from the original on 22 February 2012 Retrieved 7 August 2020 Piano Sonata No 1 Op 66 Scott Cyril IMSLP Free Sheet Music PDF Download Imslp org Retrieved 7 August 2020 Hurd Michael Cyril Scott in Grove Music Online 2001 a b Scott Desmond The Therapeutic Books The Cyril Scott Companion Unity in Diversity edited by Desmond Scott et al NED New edition ed Boydell amp Brewer Woodbridge Suffolk Rochester NY 2018 pp 359 370 External links Edit Wikiquote has quotations related to Cyril Scott Cyril Scott official website Works by Cyril Scott at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Cyril Scott at Internet Archive Works by Cyril Scott at LibriVox public domain audiobooks Recording of Pastoral and Reel on YouTube Sheet music by Scott Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cyril Scott amp oldid 1133892422, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
