Boult on Music: Words from a Lifetime’s Communication
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Foreward by Bernard Shore
Introduction by Vernon Handley
Edited by Martin Anderson
Extent: 197 pages
Composition: Demy octavo ~ Index
Illustrations: 6 music exx.
Sir Adrian Boult was one of the central figures in British music of the twentieth century. He wrote and broadcast frequently about music during the course of his long life. His style of expression – whether he was writing, speaking or conducting – was always concerned with directness and clarity of communication. Boult on Music assembles the most important of Sir Adrian’s articles and broadcast essays and talks, exploring many aspects of his art. He discusses composers he knew and worked with, like Elgar and Vaughan Williams, as well as such figures as Schubert and Bach. He examines the craft of his conductor colleagues, like Toscanini, Wood, Nikisch and Beecham, and of fellow musicians, like Menuhin and Casals.
Bernard Shore, for many years Sir Adrian’s principal viola in the BBC Symphony Orchestra and a distinguished writer on music, contributes a Foreword on “The Art of Sir Adrian”; and Vernon Handley, whom many regard as Boult’s successor as the most important conductor of British music, introduces Boult on Music, assembled as a tribute to this great and modest man.
S.O. :
“Boult was a lucid thinker and talker and his friendly, restrained and gentlemanly personality comes over strongly, with many flashes of wit” —Evening Echo
Edward Greenfield :
“This splendid anthology” —The Guardian
MusicWeb International :
‘This fascinating recollection of essays, radio talks, speeches and other narratives shows him at the best of his highly objective literary talents. […]
Indeed, one of the finest books in the Musicians on Music series and a tower of strength for the continued revival in Boult’s vast and magnificent series of recordings.’
—Gerald Fenech, MusicWeb International
MusicWeb International :
‘The book is a comprehensive survey of English music of the period.’
—Arthur Butterworth, MusicWeb International
Classical Net :
‘Boult on Music assembles the most important of Sir Adrian’s broadcast essays and talks, exploring many aspects of his art.’
—Classical Net