"Music" is a record of a lifetimes passion for a subject with which, Sir Edward Heath has been involved since he was nine years old. He recalls his own musical experiences, from his days as a chorister in his parish church to his work as a conductor of international renown - a career that began when he conducted the London Symphony Orchestra playing Elgar's "Cockaigne" overture at its gala concert at the Royal Festival Hall in 1971. He describes and explains music as an art, writes about famous composers, performers and ...
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"Music" is a record of a lifetimes passion for a subject with which, Sir Edward Heath has been involved since he was nine years old. He recalls his own musical experiences, from his days as a chorister in his parish church to his work as a conductor of international renown - a career that began when he conducted the London Symphony Orchestra playing Elgar's "Cockaigne" overture at its gala concert at the Royal Festival Hall in 1971. He describes and explains music as an art, writes about famous composers, performers and compositions and provides a revealing account of what it is like to conduct an orchestra. New chapters cover favourite themes such as British music and music festivals and his 80th birthday celebrations in 1994. It is aimed at those who have a serious interest in music and for those who would like to understand music, but who know little about it.
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Near fine in Very good jacket. Near fine/VGC. Pavilion Books, 1997. First UK edition-first printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1). Foreword by Yehudi Menuhin(includes his printed signature). Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) in near fine condition, with Dj(small white marks on the edges of the front Dj cover, a couple of small nicks, scratches and crease on the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with two pencil marks impressions and nick on the edge of the first blank page of the book. Nice and clean book but with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.224pp including Collecting-A personal guide, index. Price clipped. First edition-first printing. This is another paragraph Product Description: Music is a record of a lifetimes passion for a subject with which, Sir Edward Heath has been involved since he was nine years old. He recalls his own musical experiences, from his days as a chorister in his parish church to his work as a conductor of international renown-a career that began when he conducted the London Symphony Orchestra playing Elgar's Cockaigne overture at its gala concert at the Royal Festival Hall in 1971. He describes and explains music as an art, writes about famous composers, performers and compositions and provides a revealing account of what it is like to conduct an orchestra. New chapters cover favourite themes such as British music and music festivals and his 80th birthday celebrations in 1994. It is aimed at those who have a serious interest in music and for those who would like to understand music, but who know little about it.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp.224. Autobiography. ISBN: 1862050902. Signed by the author on the free endpaper, also with Edward Heath's strikingly designed bookplate of a ship's wheel with key locations from his life, including No.10, Downing Street. Sixteen pages of b/w photographs illustrate the text. Original publisher's binding in red with gilt lettering at spine. Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath (1916&endash; 2005) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974, and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Outside politics, Heath was also a world-class yachtsman and a talented musician. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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