| The Life of Elgar Contributor(s): Kennedy, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521009073 ISBN-13: 9780521009072 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: This new biography of Elgar draws on letters and documents which have become available over the last twenty-five years. Michael Kennedy, a leading scholar of British music as well as a distinguished musical biographer, uses the new material (including Elgar's vast personal correspondence) to analyze the composer's complex personality. Elgar's letters reveal his unpredictable swings of mood, from gaiety and a fondness for puns to morose self-pity and a feeling that he was "not wanted." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Music |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003055733 |
| Series: Musical Lives |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.54" W x 8.48" (0.73 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This new biography of Elgar draws on letters and documents which have become available over the last twenty-five years. Michael Kennedy, a leading scholar of British music as well as a distinguished musical biographer, uses the new material (including Elgar's vast personal correspondence) to analyze the composer's complex personality. Elgar's letters reveal his unpredictable swings of mood, from gaiety and a fondness for puns to morose self-pity and a feeling that he was not wanted. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kennedy, Michael: - Michael Kennedy has been the music critic for the Sunday Telegraph since 1989. He has written numerous musical biographies, particularly of British composers and conductors, including A Portrait of Elgar (1986). He also authored a highly acclaimed study of Richard Strauss (Cambridge University Press, 1999). |