Immortal hour : the life and period of Rutland Boughton / Michael Hurd.
| Author/creator | Hurd, Michael |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London : Routledge and Paul, [1962] |
| Description | 183 pages : illustrations, portraits, plates, music ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | This is a period piece of the Glastonbury Festival and the man of the music who ruled it. "The world was at his feet," wrote one of his friends, "yet he turned away." Rutland Boughton was a strange mixture--idealist and dreamer, practical man of the theatre, and atheist who championed the communism of Christianity, a puritan who loved life, an artist who loathed the London social round and delighted it with his opera The Immortal Hour. This is the fascinating story of a man who staked everything to create a national opera, who fought against the prejudices of his time and who knew the heights of success and the bitter depths of failure, and who, in spite of everything, retained to the last his essential nobility and integrity. With the help of letters from Bernard Shaw, Elgar, Vaughan Williams and many other prominent artists, and backed by an intimate personal knowledge of the composer, the author traces the turbulent career of one of England's most remarkable composers and his relationship to an extraordinary age. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 63000033 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.B772 H9 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |