Michael Tippett - The Biography

Zusatztext Oliver Soden is a young but impressive writer who has taken on the task of re-evaluating Tippett. And he does it well! with a generosity of spirit that's arguably too forgiving of Tippett's failings as a human being (which were many) but properly celebrates his strengths as a creative artist (which were legion) Informationen zum Autor Oliver Soden was born in Bath, and educated at Lancing College, and then at Clare College, Cambridge, where he took a double first in English. He worked as literary assistant to RSC founder-director John Barton, editing a volume of Barton's ten-play cycle Tantalus , before becoming a researcher on BBC Radio 3's long-running programme Private Passions . Klappentext The first full-length biography of Michael Tippett (1905-1998), one of 20th-century Britain's great visionary composers. Zusammenfassung The first full-length biography of Michael Tippett (1905-1998), one of 20th-century Britain's great visionary composers.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: OLIVER SODEN, Soden Oliver
• Verlag: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781474606035
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-0603-5
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 200 mm x 40 mm
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Biographien, Autobiographien; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Composers and songwriters, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+, Art music, orchestral and formal music