In this completely rewritten and updated edition of his long-indispensable study, Malcolm MacDonald takes advantage of 30 years of recent scholarship, new biographical information, and deeper understa
Celebrating its 100th anniversary, this extraordinary series continues to amaze and captivate its readers with detailed insight into the lives and work of music's geniuses. Unlike other composer biogr
In this fully updated edition of his long-indispensable study, Malcolm MacDonald takes advantage of 30 years of recent scholarship, new biographical information, and deeper understanding of Schoenberg
This first volume of selections of his writings brings together many of Brian's principal writings on the composers and events of the British Musical Renaissance from polemical articles written when
"The works of Edgard VarFse (1883u1965) represent the most radical expression of 20th-century modernism in music. A friend of Debussy, Strauss, and Busoni, he lived to become the conscience of modern
They came to England to start a new life – but to embrace the future they must confront the past November, 1956. Despite concerns on the national and international stage, life for the ambitious nine
They came to England to start a new life – but the horrors of the past are never far behind . . . ?- In spring 1949, Felix Breit and his new wife Angela, both concentration camp survivors, join eight
