Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm
Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9696-6
Verlag: Continuum International Publishing Group
June 2007 marks the centenary of the birth of Sir Edward Elgar, a musician who became famous for a piece of music that he regretted in many ways. Pomp and Circumstance became the ultimate piece of jingoism at a time when Elgar himself understood the folly and insanity of millions of men and women dying in the First World War. And yet he was unquestionably the greatest musical genius that England had produced since Purcell. As interest in Elgar and his music grows apace, here is a book of critical essays which at last uncover the real Elgar- devoid of hagiography and false illusion.
