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Book Description: Scolar Press, London, 1988. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Edition. 506 pages; b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket fine with minimal wear, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, paper a little yellowed to edges, no inscriptions, no foxing. A fine copy. Bookseller Inventory # 020503

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Book Description: Ashgate Publishing, Limited, Aldershot, United Kingdom, 1988. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Lightly Marked. 24.1 x 16.5 x 4.4 cm. 464 Pages. Minimal Ex-Library Markings. UNREAD. Foreman's) big Bax biography.is surely his central achievement.The book established itself at the outset as the standard work on one of the most important and least understood British composers of his time.The new edition makes (it) more indispensable than ever. BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE (Calum MacDonald)Baxians everywhere owe Lewis Foreman a profound debt of gratitude and newcomers can rest assured that he is an absorbing and painstaking biographer.mandatory reading. GRAMOPHONE (Andrew Achenbach)A more wide-ranging study of Bax and his work than ever before.This book is a tour de force and the fitting culmination of a lifetime's dedicated research. CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE (Julian Haylock)One of the great biographies of an English composer just got even better. May it snare still more converts to this betwitching composer. CLASSICAL MUSICFor its contribution to the ongoing documentation of an extraordinary period of British musical creativity it is invaluable. BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY NEWSForeman's latest effort is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Bax. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF MUSICOLOGY IN IRELANDHighly recommended. CHOICE --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition. Ex-Library. Bookseller Inventory # X115-1216

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