ISBN: 9780198166528

This extensively revised edition of John Bird''s acclaimed biography of Percy Grainger gives the first circumstantial account of the life and works of one of the strangest figures in twen… Mehr…

This extensively revised edition of John Bird''s acclaimed biography of Percy Grainger gives the first circumstantial account of the life and works of one of the strangest figures in twentieth-century music. Behind Grainger''s highly original compositional achievements, folksong collecting andglittering career as a virtuoso concert pianist lay a tragic and chaotic personal life-long domination by his mother, unorthodox sexual predilections, an eccentric athleticism, a demonic spiritual drive and wildly inconsistent personal philosophy with Anglo-Saxon obsessions such as his famous`Blue-Eyed English''. A list of published compositions, a current discography of performances by Grainger, and a selection of his seminal writings complete what has already proved to be a standard work. In their Prefatory Note to the first edition, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears wrote: `In hissympathetic and tactful biography John Bird has beautifully balanced the brilliance with the turbulence of this unbalanced genius-we are grateful to him''. | Percy Grainger by John Bird Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Music & Movies & Performing Arts > Music P10122, John Bird<

ISBN: 9780198166528

This extensively revised edition of John Bird''s acclaimed biography of Percy Grainger gives the first circumstantial account of the life and works of one of the strangest figures in twen… Mehr…

This extensively revised edition of John Bird''s acclaimed biography of Percy Grainger gives the first circumstantial account of the life and works of one of the strangest figures in twentieth-century music. Behind Grainger''s highly original compositional achievements, folksong collecting andglittering career as a virtuoso concert pianist lay a tragic and chaotic personal life-long domination by his mother, unorthodox sexual predilections, an eccentric athleticism, a demonic spiritual drive and wildly inconsistent personal philosophy with Anglo-Saxon obsessions such as his famous`Blue-Eyed English''. A list of published compositions, a current discography of performances by Grainger, and a selection of his seminal writings complete what has already proved to be a standard work. In their Prefatory Note to the first edition, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears wrote: `In hissympathetic and tactful biography John Bird has beautifully balanced the brilliance with the turbulence of this unbalanced genius-we are grateful to him''. | Percy Grainger by John Bird Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > General Music P10122, John Bird<

1999, ISBN: 9780198166528

OXFORD UNIV PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 424 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-04-29T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 16 pp black and white plates, figures, 1.65 kg, Klassis… Mehr…

OXFORD UNIV PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 424 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-04-29T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 16 pp black and white plates, figures, 1.65 kg, Klassisch, Komponisten & Musiker, Kunst & Literatur, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Kategorien, Bücher, Schauspieler & Entertainer, Geschichte & Kritik, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Klassik, Musikgenres, Musiktheorie, Theorie, Komposition & Performance, Politik & Geschichte, Format: Illustriert, OXFORD UNIV PR, 1999<

1999, ISBN: 9780198166528

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Oxford University Press], Oxford University Press, 1999