Peggy Glanville-Hicks : a transposed life / James Murdoch.
| Author/creator | Murdoch, James |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Hillsdale, NY : Pendragon Press, ©2002. |
| Description | xiii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Lives in music series ; no. 5 Lives in music series ; no. 5. ^A464149 |
| Contents | Not Winsome! Not Hicks! -- To Paris via Vienna -- The Old World to the New -- Paul Bowles -- The Road from Rio -- Presenting P G-H -- Post-War -- A Radar for Musicality -- Liaisons Dangereux -- Jamaican Hideaway -- Bijoux de Famille -- The Life in Her Men -- A Transposed Life -- The Stone Theater -- " ... by a woman's hand" -- Nausicaa -- The Presence of Owls -- Havens and Ambushes -- This woman composer -- Callas is Sappho? -- Dancing into the Darkness -- Renewal and Affirmation -- West to the East -- The Last One-Way Ticket. |
| Abstract | Australian-born composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks, born in 1912, was trained in England and France, lived and worked in America, spent her mature years in Greece, and died in Sydney in 1990. Known as PG-H from her New York Herald Tribune byline, she was a distinguished journalist and passionate advocate of modern music during her long and influential career. Her compositions include solo concertos, chamber music, four operas, and five ballets. The story of her life is an extraordinary tale of riotous fun, cruel lovers, grueling proverty, earnest endeavor, and huge success, peopled by some of the leading performers, writers, and creative artists of her time. As this highly entertaining and informative biography shows us, her love life was disastrous but her friendships were exalted. |
| Bibliography note | Includes discography (pages 280-284), bibliographic references (pages 285-287), filmography (pages 288), and index. |
| LCCN | 2002022361 |
| ISBN | 1576470776 |
| ISBN | 1576470695 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.G397 M87 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |