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      Michael Tippett: The Biography

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      The first full-length biography of Michael Tippett (1905-1998), one of 20th-century Britain's great visionary composers.

      ''A delight to read'' Philip Pullman
      ''Essential reading ... a genuine landmark publication'' Tom Service
      A BBC Radio 4 ''Book ...

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      Product ID:9781474606035
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Michael Tippett
      Subtitle:The Biography
      Authors:Author: Oliver Soden
      Page Count:704
      Subjects:Art music, orchestral and formal music, 20th century & contemporary classical music, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Biography: arts & entertainment
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      The first full-length biography of Michael Tippett (1905-1998), one of 20th-century Britain's great visionary composers.

      ''A delight to read'' Philip Pullman
      ''Essential reading ... a genuine landmark publication'' Tom Service
      A BBC Radio 4 ''Book of the Week''

      The music of the British composer Michael Tippett - including the oratorio A Child of Our Time, five operas, and four symphonies - is among the most visionary of the twentieth century. But little has been written about his extraordinary life. In this long-awaited first biography, Oliver Soden weaves a century-spanning narrative of epic scope and penetrating insight. His achievement is to have enriched our understanding not only of Tippett but of the twentieth century. Figures such as T.S. Eliot, E.M. Forster, Barbara Hepworth, and W.H. Auden jostle in the cast list. An Edwardian world of gaslight and empire cedes to turmoil and warfare and his operas'' game-changing attitudes to gay and civil rights, against a backdrop of the Cold War and the Space Race.

      The result is a landmark in the study of twentieth-century culture, simultaneously an astonishing feat of scholarship and a story as enthralling as in any great novel.


      Imprint Name:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
      Publisher Name:Orion Publishing Co
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2020-10-15

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      Weight532 g
      Dimensions129 × 199 × 45 mm