{"product_id":"9781843835998","title":"Imogen Holst: A Life in Music : Revised Edition","description":"Author(s): Grogan, Christopher, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 21\/10\/2010, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 522 pages, 2 colour, 52 b\/w illus., \u003cbr\u003eSeries: Aldeburgh Studies in Music, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: The Boydell Press, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer Ltd, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: 20th century \u0026amp; contemporary classical music\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 234 x 157 x 35mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 804g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781843835998\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis paperback edition is updated to include new insights into Holst's life and work resulting from the discovery of important unseen archival materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImogen Holst was one of the most wide-ranging and highly regarded of musicians. Popular with all who knew her, she was intensively protective of her inner life, reminding one friend of a 'locked door of which she had thrown away the key'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Imogen Holst: A Life in Music uses a wealth of newly discovered material to explore the complexities and contradictions of her life and career, drawing on her own writings - ranging from heartfelt early poetry, through correspondence, to a series of journals that maintain a colourful record of her travels and achievements. Most revealing of these is the daily journal that she kept at the start of her working association with Britten, adocument that provides a unique insight both into her own thoughts, and into the professional and domestic life of a major composer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Extensively revised with new material, the book also includes a study of Imogen Holst's music and a chronological list of her works, revealing her as a composer of tremendous talent, whose music deserves to be much more familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e CHRISTOPHER GROGAN is Director of Collections and Heritage at the Britten-Pears Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55027440124282,"sku":"9781843835998","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9781843835998.jpg?v=1738855888","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781843835998","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}