description: Drawing upon a wide range of published and unpublished documents, Mitchell (music, U. of Massachusetts) discusses the life and work of composer Gustav Holst in America, as well as North American musical life in the 1920s and 30s. The letters fall into four overlapping categories business correspondence, letters to people who might have started out as business acquaintances but became friends, close friends and immediate family, and personal friends, colleagues, and more distant relatives. Other source materials include diaries, sketchbooks and manuscript scores, letters in published books, published speeches, articles about Holst, concert reviews, newspaper accounts, and other miscellaneous items. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: A Comprehensive Biography of Composer Gustav Holst: With Correspondence and Diary Excerpts Including His American Years
titlecomplete: A Comprehensive Biography of Composer Gustav Holst: With Correspondence and Diary Excerpts Including His American Years (Studies in the History & Interpretation of Music)
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publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr