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Bax
Lewis Foreman
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Description for Bax
Hardcover. A biography of the composer Arnold Bax (1883-1953). Documenting his life and times, it informs of the revival of Bax's music and reputation. It also discusses his music from first hand acquaintance with the revivals and recordings. Num Pages: 618 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1080. A Composer and His Times. 618 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. A biography of the composer Arnold Bax (1883-1953). Documenting his life and times, it informs of the revival of Bax's music and reputation. It also discusses his music from first hand acquaintance with the revivals and recordings. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 38. Weight: 1044.
Lewis Foreman's classic biography of the composer Arnold Bax (1883-1953) was first published in 1983. Documenting the life and times of a remarkable figure whose life touched a wide circle in England and Ireland, it was notable for having many of Bax's friends and contemporaries as sources, most of whom have since died. It also informed the remarkable revival of Bax's music and reputation which has taken place over the last twenty years. Now completely revised in the light of much new material including the huge archive of the pianist Harriet Cohen, Bax's mistress, which has only just ... Read more
Lewis Foreman's classic biography of the composer Arnold Bax (1883-1953) was first published in 1983. Documenting the life and times of a remarkable figure whose life touched a wide circle in England and Ireland, it was notable for having many of Bax's friends and contemporaries as sources, most of whom have since died. It also informed the remarkable revival of Bax's music and reputation which has taken place over the last twenty years. Now completely revised in the light of much new material including the huge archive of the pianist Harriet Cohen, Bax's mistress, which has only just ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
618
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
616
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843832096
SKU
V9781843832096
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Reviews for Bax
[Foreman's] big Bax biography...is surely his central achievement...The book established itself at the outset as the standard work on one of the most important and least understood British composers of his time...The new edition makes [it] more indispensable than ever. BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE [Calum MacDonald] Baxians everywhere owe Lewis Foreman a profound debt of gratitude and newcomers can rest ... Read more