Gustav Holst - A Biography

Informationen zum Autor Imogen Holst (1907-1984), the only child of Gustav Holst, was a musician of outstanding ability: composer conductor, writer and scholar, she was the first Director of Music in the Arts Department at Dartington in the 1940s; assistant to Benjamin Britten from 1952-64; an Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival, where she was a pioneer of early music; and friend, colleague and inspirer of many eminent musicians. For the last twenty years of her life she devoted much of her time to her father's legacy, performing recording and editing his music, as well as compiling the definitive Thematic Catalogue of his works for his centenary in 1974. Klappentext Gustav Holst was a leading figure in the new age of English music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This biography of Holst quotes at length from his many letters to his friends - especially to his closest colleague Vaughan Williams. Zusammenfassung Gustav Holst was a leading figure in the new age of English music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Imogen Holst, HOLST IMOGEN
• Assisted by: Imoge Holst (Editor), Imogen Holst (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.2008
• EAN: 9780571241996
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24199-6
• No. of pages: 242
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: arts & entertainment, Composers; Faber Finds; Letters; Orchestras