Cardus: Celebrant of Beauty

Robin Daniels, introduced by Andrew Flintoff, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Colin Davis, Dennis Silk

ISBN 10: 1874181586 / ISBN 13: 9781874181583

Published by Palatine Books, Lancaster, England, 2009

About this Item

Name of former owner inside. Concerns Neville Cardus, the renowned music critic, essayist, and writer on cricket. A heavy book which may need an extra postage charge outside the United Kingdom.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cardus: Celebrant of Beauty
• Publisher: Palatine Books, Lancaster, England
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1874181586
• ISBN 13: 9781874181583
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Neville Cardus was born in Rusholme, Manchester in 1888. He was the first music critic to be knighted, the most evocative - and most often quoted - writer on cricket of all time, and one of the great English essayists of the 20th century. It is hard to believe that so majestic and cultured a writer left school at the age of 13. For more than half a century, he wrote about music and cricket for the Manchester Guardian. His first senior editor was the legendary C P Scott. His first literary editor - also mentor - was C E Montague, a distinguished writer and drama critic. Cardus wrote 21 books: 10 about cricket, eight about music, and three volumes of autobiography. Cardus was a friend of cricketers (Don Bradman and Keith Miller), writers (J M Barrie and J B Priestley), actresses (Flora Robson and Wendy Hillier), and musicians (Beecham, Barbirolli, Menuhin, Arrau, Schnabel, Ferrier and Lotte Lehmann). Although he spent the last years of his life in London, he retained his love of Lancashire. He was honoured by the Halle Orchestra, and served as president of Lancashire County Cricket Club.

About the Author

Robin Daniels is a Jungian analyst, a musicologist, writer and broadcaster. He has written books of conversations with Yehudi Menuhin and Donald Coggan, and the official history of Blackpool Football Club. He lives in his home county of Lancashire with his wife Katherine. When he was 20 - and a young music critic seeking advice - he began corresponding with Neville Cardus. As their friendship deepened, they began work on the book Conversations with Cardus, which was finished six weeks before he died in 1975. It was one of the Sunday Times's best books of the year. This memoir tells us more about a gifted writer and a special friendship.