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Elgar: An Extraordinary Life

J P E Harper-Scott author

Format:Sheet music

Publisher:Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

Published:24th May '07

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How did the son of a provincial piano tuner rise to international fame? Was the English countryside the principal inspiration for Elgar's music? Was this moustachioed, red-blooded, imperialist all that he seemed...?

This is now possibly the best first stop for learning about Elgar's life...On the complex yet sympathetic genius himself Harper-Scott presents a well-detailed and believable likeness. * BBC Music Magazine *
Few general studies of this composer offer so much food for thought. Harper-Scott has digested what seems to be the whole of the Elgar literature and then some. That he is able to address so many of the key issues in Elgar scholarship today - politics, Empire, religion, nostalgia, sexuality and other, less contentious topics - with concision and common sense is deeply impressive...He's an unusually perceptive and persuasive advocate, who has something fresh to say about most of the composer's major works. ...the best short book on the composer yet. * Gramophone *
Small but perfectly constructed book...fascinating * Sunday Express *
Harper-Scott is a forceful, engaging writer, and as both a biography and a musical appraisal, this book is compelling reading. * MUSO *

ISBN: 9781860967702

Dimensions: 216mm x 165mm x 9mm

Weight: 201g

128 pages