Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician (Oxford Paperbacks)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (820 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0192820338 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Five Stars" according to hugo carpanessi. EXCELLENT BOOK !. All you ever wanted to know about Arthur Sullivan - and perhaps a bit more. George Goldberg There is an enormous amount of information in this book about Sullivan, and about Gilbert and D'Oyly Carte, and and about everybody Sullivan ever met, and everything Sullivan ever did, and what he ate and where he ate it, and just about everything else the author happened to put in his research notes. A major British music teacher and scholar, the author's musical examples and opinions tend to be spot on; I know many of Sullivan's works well and cannot find fault with anything Jacobs says. Certainly anyone reading this book, no matter how much he or she has enjoyed listening to Sullivan'
On closer inspection, Sullivan becomes an enigma: his diaries contain many cryptic references to mistresses, whose identities he strove to keep secret. Yet his choral and orchestral works, which he considered to be his real work, are forgotten; indeed, they were not a success when originally performed. Employing previously unavailable letters and diaries, Arthur Jacobs here presents a biography of Sullivan that sheds new light on the persona and art of this leading figure of Victorian music.. Remembered primarily for his collaborations with William Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan was considered the most prodigiously gifted English composer since Purcell