A comprehensive biography of composer Gustav Holst : with correspondence and diary excerpts, including his American years /
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| Author / Creator: | Mitchell, Jon C. |
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| Imprint: | Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, 2001. |
| Description: | vii, 698 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the history and interpretation of music ; v. 73 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4520061 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- I.. Cheltenham through Student Days at the Royal College of Music
- II.. The Professional Trombonist
- III.. Girls' Schools and Folk Tunes
- IV.. Morley College
- V.. 10 The Terrace, Barnes
- VI.. More Suites and The Cloud Messenger
- VII.. New Music Wing, Dirge, and The Planets
- VIII.. Thaxted and The Hymn of Jesus
- IX.. Wartime Services with the YMCA
- X.. The Education of Composers
- XI.. In the Wake of The Planets
- XII.. Coping with Fame
- XIII.. An Invitation from America
- XIV.. The First American Visit
- XV.. Recordings, First Choral Symphony, At the Boar's Head, Music for Amateurs
- XVI.. The Damrosch Commission
- XVII.. The Premieres of Egdon Heath
- XVIII.. A Second American Invitation
- XIX.. The Second American Visit
- XX.. 1929-1931
- XXI.. The Bells
- XXII.. Harvard Beckons
- XXIII.. The Star Conductor
- XXIV.. New York
- XXV.. The Harvard Professor
- XXVI.. Montreal and Return to New York
- XXVII.. Boston and Washington DC
- XXVIII.. Recovery
- XXIX.. Return to Ann Arbor
- XXX.. Farewell to America
- XXXI.. Late 1932
- XXXII.. Carlisle
- XXXIII.. Lyric Movement and Brook Green Suite
- XXXIV.. The Song of Solomon
- XXXV.. The Final Months
- Appendices
- I.. Chronological Listing of Gustav Holst's Music
- II.. Personalities
- III.. Ralph Vaughan Williams' Broadcast Talk during the BBC Gustav Holst Memorial Concert
- IV.. Facsimiles
- V.. Sketches and Cartoons
- VI.. Selected Programs
- Bibliography of Selected Published Sources
- Index