Throughout his career Elgar sought confidants in the publishing world and the resultant exchange of letters was a barometer of his moods and feelings. In this comprehensive collection Jerrold Northrop Moore has included every letter of importance between Elgar and his publishers that is known to survive. He has transcribed and annotated the letters and has written a linking commentary in the manner of his "Elgar on Record". Here for the first time are printed all the documents of his closest friendship, that with the ...
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Throughout his career Elgar sought confidants in the publishing world and the resultant exchange of letters was a barometer of his moods and feelings. In this comprehensive collection Jerrold Northrop Moore has included every letter of importance between Elgar and his publishers that is known to survive. He has transcribed and annotated the letters and has written a linking commentary in the manner of his "Elgar on Record". Here for the first time are printed all the documents of his closest friendship, that with the publishing manager of Novello, A.J. Jaeger ('Nimrod' of the Enigma Variations ), including Jaeger's letters to Elgar. The growth of another important friendship, with the Novello chairman Alfred Littleton, is newly revealed. There are new insights, too, in the letters to the Boosey family and to Elgar's final publisher, Keith Prowse. These letters reach far back into the creative process, often to the formation of ideas and projects. They form a rare record of the vital relationship between a composer and his publisher, but perhaps more valuable still is the picture that emerges of Elgar himself, for when he came upon someone to whom he could open his heart, the letters which he wrote are among the most arresting documents of a creative life. Readership: Elgarians; anyone interested in the relationship between a composer and publisher, or in the social and economic conditions of musical composition and publishing in England in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Volume 1-2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1900grams, ISBN: 0193154463.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardbacks in VG dust jackets. 1987 2 volume set with B&W illustrations; tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dust jackets have slightly faded spines; vol. 1 has a little chipping to base of spine; otherwise, a clean, tidy set.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 2 vols. Large 8vo. pp 945. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spines. Vol.1, 1885-1903 and Vol.2, 1904-1934. ISBN: 0193154463 Fine in fine dust wrappers.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. This is a complete two-volume collection of every letter of importance known to survive between the composer Edward Elgar and his publishers, transcribed and annotated with commentary by the editor, an authority on Elgar's life and work; each volume also includes a section of photographs (black textured cloth with gold lettering in fine condition; blue dust jackets with portraits of Elgar on the cover have very slight edge wear; otherwise these are bright, clean, tight copies; in stock & available for immediate shipment)
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