Elgar (Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers Series) [Paperback]

Simon Mundy (Author)

Book Description

Series: Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers Series | Publication Date: October 1, 2001

This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photographs, to present a complete picture of the composer s life.

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About the Author

Simon Mundy has also written the Purcell and Tchaikovsky volumes in this series as well as three books of poems and several monographs on policy for the arts. He broadcasts on radio frequently and, in the 1990s, was director fo Britain's National Campaign for the Arts and co-founder of the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Omnibus Press; 2nd edition (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0711989214
• ISBN-13: 978-0711989214
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,344,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A readable introduction to this great English composer., November 9, 1998

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This review is from: Elgar (The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers) (Paperback)

How did a forty-one-year-old violin teacher in a provincial English town suddenly become one of Europe's most feted composers? Simon Mundy tells the Elgar story with relish and care, and anyone who knows Elgar's music will be fascinated.

There are more detailed biographies of Elgar, notably the ones by Michael Kennedy and J.N. Moore, but, if you'd like a concise portrait of the man who wrote the Enigma Variations, the Dream of Gerontius and other landmarks in modern music, you'll enjoy this book.