Soden, Oliver
Michael Tippett: The Biography
- ISBN 13:
- 9781474606035
- author:
- Soden, Oliver
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 704
- Dimensions:
- 19.6 x 12.6 x 4.4 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- Biography, Composers & Musicians, Music,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Michael Tippett: A Life of Visionary Music The music of Michael Tippett is among the most visionary of the twentieth century, yet little has been written about his extraordinary life. This long-awaited first biography by Oliver Soden offers a century-spanning narrative of epic scope and penetrating insight into the life of this powerful intellect and infectious personality. Soden's biography uncovers the sorrows and secrets that Tippett stowed away beneath his cheerfulness, including darker reaches of some tempestuous love affairs. The narrative also explores Tippett's involvement in left-wing politics of the 1930s and his operas' game-changing attitudes to gay and civil rights against a backdrop of the Cold War and the Space Race. Through unpublished letters and manuscripts, as well as recorded interviews with friends and colleagues, Soden paints a rich portrait of Tippett's life, set against the turbulent times in which he lived.
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