Musical Lives: Intimate Biographies of the Famous by the Famous - Softcover

CBE, Sir Nicholas Kenyon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198605285 ISBN 13: 9780198605287

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Who were the singers, musicians, composers, instrumentalists, and conductors who made the music of the 20th century? What inspired Benjamin Britten to compose Peter Grimes? How did music save Malcolm Sargent when he lost his daughter to polio? What is the link between Vaughan Williams and Charles Darwin? What did Edward Elgar do for classical music in Britain? Could any of the members of the Beatles actually read or write music when they first came together? Nicholas Kenyon, with a long-standing career in music and a wealth of knowledge and experience, has carefully selected around 100 entries from the "Dictionary of National Biography" to go in this anthology.

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About the Author

Nicholas Kenyon has been Controller of BBC Proms, Live Events, and TV Classical Music since 1998. He was also Music Critic forNew Yorker, The Times, and the Observer. Previous to his present post he was Controller of BBC Radio 3. He is the author of and contributor to many books (see Books by the same author, below).

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198605285
• ISBN 13: 9780198605287
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334