Peter Warlock The Life of Philip Heseltine

Name: Peter Warlock The Life of Philip Heseltine
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ISBN: 9780198166061

ISBN-10: 0198166060

ISBN-13: 9780198166061

Edition: 1996

Authors: Barry Smith

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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…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/23/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 366
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of Plates



The Early Years (1894-1911)



Friendship with Delius (1911-1913)



The Oxford Year (1913-1914)



Life in London as a Music Critic (1914-1915)



Friendship with Lawrence (1915-1916)



Friendship with van Dieren (1916-1917)



The Irish Year (1917-1918)



An Infamous Letter (1918)



The Sackbut (1918-1921)



Return to Wales (1921-1924)



The Eynsford Years (1925-1928)



Return to London (1928-1930)



The End (1930)



Philip Heseltine's Dublin Lecture



Poems




'Music, when soft voices die'


Notes


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