| Description |
xv, 493 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Master musicians |
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Master musicians series.
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| Contents |
1. Aspirations social and musical (1857-1889) -- 2. Ideals pictured within (1889-1899) -- 3. Charged with the grandeur of God (1899-1903) -- 4. Duties professorial and religious (1903-1907) -- 5. Massive hope and elevated mood (1908-1911) -- 6. Siromoris becomes a youth (1912-1915) -- 7. Sorrows national and personal (1916-1920) -- 8. Silence rarely broken (1920-1934) -- 9. Secular choral works -- 10. Oratorios, The Dream of Gerontius and other religious works -- 11. Dramatic music, partsongs and songs -- 12. Marches, major orchestral works, transcriptions -- 13. Smaller orchestral, string, chamber and instrumental music -- 14. Musical characteristics -- App. A Calendar -- App. B List of works -- App. C Personalia -- App. D Bibliography |
| Notes |
"First published in Great Britain by the Orion Publishing Group, Ltd. ... London"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
"List of works": pages 437-454 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-474) and index |
| Subject |
Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934.
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Composers -- England -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
93015280 |
| ISBN |
0028701852 |
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