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Tunes of Glory: the life of Malcolm Sargent (Hardcover)

by Richard Aldous (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Hutchinson; First Edition, First Impression edition (1 Jun 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0091801311
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091801311
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 40,595 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This biography was written with full access to Sir Malcolm's private papers. It tells the story of the boy from the gasworks of Stamford, who became the most popular conductor in England. It is also an exploration of celebrity and the English psyche.

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The first full-length biography of one of the most flamboyant figures in the world of classical music. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Candid, fair, highly informative and entertaining biography, 18 Feb 2009
By H. A. James "Hywel James" (Devon, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This book by Richard Aldous is much more than a biography of the British conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent. It offers a broad picture of a fascinating period in Twentieth century music in this country and adds a shrewd assessment of social and class attitudes in Britain. Sargent was an enormously popular figure with the public but was resented and even hated by many orchestral musicians as a martinet and a snob. He was also keenly disliked by some in the British musical establishment as someone who had risen from a working class background to achieve a social and professional position they felt was not his due. Aldous offers an objective, sympathetic and entertaining view of Sargent's life and times, and adds a fresh and often critical perspective on a number of revered figures, including St Thomas, St John and St Adrian (among sainted British conductors) as well as other personalities, which some readers may find border on the heretical. A terrific read!
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