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The Cambridge companion to Michael Tippett

This multi-authored book is the first substantial publication on Tippett’s music since the appearance of David Clarke’s monograph (2001). It is also the first to provide an overview of Tippett’s music since Kemp’s influential study (1984) and to place Tippett’s late works in context. Written by an international team of scholars, it discusses the contexts and concepts of modernism, tradition, politics, sexuality, and creativity that shaped Tippett's music and ideas, engaging with archive materials and relevant literature and models of interpretation. A series of self-contained chapters explores the genres in which Tippett composed, including opera, symphony, string quartet, concerto and piano sonata, to provide original interpretations of his major works and highlight those that are less well known.

As co-editor (with Nicholas Jones), Gloag initiated the project by identifying potential contributors, wrote the proposal and provided editorial comments on the entire text. He also led the editors’ response at the copyediting and proofreading stages, prepared the index, wrote the preface and contributed two chapters (‘Tippett and the Concerto: From Double to Triple’, and ‘Tippett’s Operatic World’).