An Elgar companion / edited by Christopher Redwood
1982, First Edition. Ashbourne, Derbyshire : Sequoia Pub. in association with Moorland Pub. Co. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Edges faintly foxed. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #453475
ISBN: 0861900243
Physical description; 311 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ; 23 cm. Contents; Partial contents Part I. The early years -- The black knight (review) -- King Olaf (review) -- Caratacus / E.A. Baughan -- Young Elgar at the Festival / Gerald Northrop Moore -- Edward Elgar / F.G. Edwards -- Part II. The 'Enigma' -- The Enigma I / Richard C. Powell -- The Enigma II / A.H. Fox Strangways -- The Enigma III / J.A. Westrup -- The Enigma IV / Roger Fiske -- The Enigma V / Ian Parrott -- Part III. The 'Gerontius' debacle -- Review from the Musical standard / E.A. Baughan -- A memory from the choir / William Bennett -- A memory from the auditorium / Mrs. Richard Powell -- Hans Richter and Gerontius / Gareth H. Lewis -- Part IV. Elgar at home -- Elgar at 'Forli' / R.J. Buckley -- Elgar at 'Craeg Lea' / Rudolf de Cordova -- Elgar at 'Plas Gwyn' / Gerald Cumberland -- Elgar at 'Severn House' (I) / Unsigned -- Elgar at 'Severn House' (II) / Percy Scholes -- Part V. Memories of those who knew him -- Memories of a pupil / Mary Beatrice Alder -- Elgar as I knew him / Richard Terry -- Elgar : some aspects of the man in his music / Ernest Newman -- Sir Edward Elgar / Compton Mackenzie -- Elgar -- as I knew him / Malcolm Sargent -- Memories of my father / Carice Elgar Blake -- Some personal memories of Elgar / Alan Webb -- Part IV. Elgar and other composers -- Elgar and Handel / W.J. Turner -- Elgar, Parry and Stanford / Vincent Waite -- Elgar and Delius / Christopher Redwood -- Elgar and Mahler / Neville Cardus -- Elgar and Strauss / George Sampson -- Part VII. Elgar and the theatre -- The Spanish lady -- The starlight express / A.E. Keeton -- Part VIII. Elgar's art examined -- The Apostles and Elgar's future / E.A. Baughan -- Edward Elgar / George Bernard Shaw -- The violin concerto / W.H. Reed -- The two Elgars / Frank Howes -- What have we learnt from Elgar? / Ralph Vaughn Williams -- Elgar and the public / C.W. Orr -- Elgar : 'The first of the new' / Hans Keller -- Some thoughts on Elgar / Donald Mitchell -- Elgar as conductor / Stephen Lloyd. Subjects; Elgar, Edward (1857-1934). Composers -- England -- Biography.
Price: €12.95