20th-century Composers
- ISBN-10
- 0714832774
- ISBN-13
- 9780714832777
- Category
- Music / Genres & Styles / Classical
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996-09-25
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Author
- Michael Oliver
Description
In this masterly biography, the author creates a portrait of a great artist and discusses the contradictions of his quintessential Englishness and his world stature, his outsider status and his membership of the establishment, his artistic adventurousness and his constant regard for musical forms and traditions.
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