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PETER WARLOCK
THE LIFE OF PHILIP HESELTINE |
| By: |
Barry Smith |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198166060 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198166061 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
21 March, 1996 |
| Series: |
Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Pages: |
366 |
| Description: |
This is the first major biographical study of the composer to appear since Cecil Gray's memoir, which appeared soon after Warlock's death when too many of the central characters were still alive for the real, frequently outrageous, story to be told. Using new and often controversial material only recently available, Barry Smith attempts here to give a complete account of the man, the composer, writer, and scholar. |
| Synopsis: |
Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine) is one of the most fascinating and enigmatic of twentieth-century British composers. He was by turns a sensitive songwriter of remarkable genius, a witty and caustic critic, a rare scholar of early music, and a friend of some of the leading figures of the day - including William Walton, Jacob Epstein, and D. H. Lawrence. This is a complete account of this mercurial musician. Barry Smith uses new and often controversial material in telling his real, and frequently outrageous story. Here is the man, the composer, writer, and scholar, from his dangerous involvement in the occult to his long-lasting loves and hates - all of which ended by his own hand in a gas-filled London flat on a cold winter's morning in 1930. |
| Illustrations: |
16 pp plates |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
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