Michael Tippett : the biography / Oliver Soden.
Michael Tippett : the biography / Oliver Soden.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2020/3288
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 750 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part One : A childhood, far away and long ago, 1905-1923. Overture: a ringing of bells. 1. Henry and Isabel -- 2. A Suffolk childhood -- 3. The Great War --- 4. No longer a virgin -- 5. Four horsemen -- Diary: Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Edinburgh -- Part Two : Wanderer, 1923-1934. 6. Royal College of M...
Publication information
Publisher
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The music of the British composer Michael Tippett--including the oratorio A Child of Our Time, five operas, and four symphonies--is among the most visionary of the twentieth century. But little has been written about his extraordinary life. In this long-awaited first biography, Oliver Soden weaves a century-spanning narrative of epic scope and pene...
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Full title
Michael Tippett : the biography / Oliver Soden.
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Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 711-726) and index.
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ebook version : 9781474606042
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Date Copyright
©2019
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Call Numbers
G 2020/3288
Record Identifier
74VKam6oEBdM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKam6oEBdM
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ISBN
9781474606028 (hardback)
1474606024 (hardback)
DDC
780.92
MMS ID
991024332619002626
