Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music.
LUCAS, John (inscribed + A.L.S.)
Language: English
Published by The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2008
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Seller: Charles Warren Rare & Antiquarian Music, London, United KingdomCharles Warren Rare & Antiquarian Music
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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.
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- Title
- Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music.
- Author
- LUCAS, John (inscribed + A.L.S.)
- Publisher
- The Boydell Press, Woodbridge
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1843834022
- ISBN 13
- 9781843834021
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Biography
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.
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A thorough study of a man who changed the face of British music forever.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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