9781843834021 - Thomas Beecham: an Obsession with Music by Lucas, John (21 results)

Condition: Very Good. Har/Com. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Har/Com. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. The DJ has slight foxing. ; 416 pages.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ.

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Condition: Very Good. Har/Com. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9781843834021.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Shallow bump to top edge upper panel, with dw showing smal mark to same place, all else near fine. CD "Beecham in Rehearsal" in plastic sleeve to rear paste-down. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 388 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Bright, clean & newlooking. With several photo sections.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xii,388pp, illustrated, owner's bookplate, slight browning on edges, otherwise clean and sound, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper, ISBN: 1843834022.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.75", is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. Jacket is preserved in mylar. This book also includes a full-length CD of Beecham rehearsing the RPO. It features music by Haydn, Mozart, Handel and Liszt, and some remarkable excerpts from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. TLS clipping offering review is laid in. xi/388 pages. Biography of English conductor Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Simon Loxley (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, price on publisher's sticker on rear jacket (£25.00), no inscriptions, CD in rear pocket as called for, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 388pp. Thomas Beecham was one of Britain's greatest conductors of orchestral music and opera as well as an entrepreneur and impresario of exceptional energy and brilliant wit. This new life places him musically, politically and socially in the troubled times in which he lived and corrects the stories and myths, many of them Beecham's own making, that have grown up around this uniquely gifted and controversial figure. Drawing upon extensive research, journalist and author John Lucas presents new material on his early years, his complicated private life, his father's catastrophic attempt to buy a large part of Covent Garden, which brought the family to its knees financially, and the orchestras and opera companies that Beecham founded. New light is shed on his visits to Nazi Germany and his view of its leaders, as well as the much misunderstood and previously unchronicled years of the Second World War, which he spent in Australia and America. 'Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music' will change the way we view this complex personality and remain the standard biography for years to come.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Includes CD of Beecham rehearsing the RPO, looks unread. Thomas Beecham was one of Britain's greatest conductors of orchestral music and opera as well as an entrepreneur and impresario of exceptional energy and brilliant wit. This new life places him - musically, politically and socially - in the troubled times in which he lived and corrects the stories and myths, many of them Beecham's own making, that have grown up around this uniquely gifted and controversial figure. Drawing upon extensive research, Lucas presents new material on his early years, his complicated private life, his father's catastrophic attempt to buy a large part of Covent Garden - which brought the family to its knees financially - and the orchestras and opera companies that Beecham founded. New light is shed on his visits to Nazi Germany and his view of its leaders, as well as the much misunderstood and previously unchronicled years of the Second World War, which he spent in Australia and America. Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music will change the way we view this complex personality and remain the standard biography for years to come. JOHN LUCAS was on the staff of the Observer for 25 years, completed Peter Heyworth's monumental biography of Otto Klemperer, wrote the biography of Reginald Goodall, and is responsible for the current entries on Beecham and Klemperer in the New Grove. BEECHAM IN REHEARSAL: This book will include a full-length CD of Beecham rehearsing the RPO. It features music by Haydn, Mozart, Handel, Liszt and a remarkable movement from Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

1st edition. "Drawing upon extensive research, Lucas presents new material on his early years, his complicated private life, his father's catastrophic attempt to buy a large part of Covent Garden.and the orchestras and opera companies that Beecham founded. New light is shed on his visits to Nazi Germany and his view of its leaders, as well as the much misunderstood and previously unchronicled years of the Second World War, which he spent in Australia and America." Pp.xii/388, 34 black & white plates, CD of Beecham rehearsing the RPO in pocket to rear. Black cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo (24 x 16cm). 388 pp. Plates. Cloth in dust-jacket, slightly worn and bumped, neat 2cm tear to head of front cover. Internally very good. Front endpaper inscribed in pen 'For David [Lloyd-Jones, conductor, 1934-2022] and Carol with much love and thanks for all your help in bringing this tome to light. John / 8.ix.08', and title page signed with printed name crossed out. With a signed letter from the author to David Lloyd-Jones, and a clipping of the latter's review of the book from the Wagner Journal. Includes CD. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!