Portrait of Elgar by Michael KENNEDY - 1982-01-01

Oxford University Press, 1982. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London & New York: Oxford University Press, 1982. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Some shelf and handling wear. Gift inscription to half-title page. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. .

Oxford University Press, 1982-05-01. Paperback. Very Good. in x in x in.

Oxford University Press, 1982-05-01. Paperback. Very Good. in x in x in.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982 019315448X. First printing of revised and enlarged second softback edition of biography first published in 1968. VG. No inscriptions or annotations. 391 pages with illustrations, chronological list of works, recordings conducted by Elgar., references, bibliography etc. Promotional illustrated National Trust leaflet for Elgar's birthplace is included. The public image of Elgar as patriotic country squire was established in his lifetime, but, in reality it concealed a highly complex, sometimes baffling, private individual. Praise for previous editions: "A brilliant biography....Elgar is no easier to capture on the page than he was to deal with in life. Yet Mr. Kennedy succeeds superbly, displacing the flabby legend of Elgar as an Edwardian musical blimp with a convincing portrait of a complex, lonely man of great gifts whose music, composed for the most part in the shadow of the Schoenbergian revolution, has never quite achieved the place it deserves."—The New… Read More

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