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catalog abstract "Arnold Bax (1883-1953) was an extraordinary figure. Growing up in a prosperous Hampstead family, devoted to cricket, he conformed outwardly to the role of English gentleman. His musical education was orthodox Edwardian; after a distinguished career he was appointed Master of the King's Musick, and spent his last years in retirement in Sussex. Behind this facade of respectability lurked a restless nomad, a musical individualist whose style is instantly recognisable from its highly personal combination of a brilliant orchestration, memorable melodic invention, and idiosyncratically tangy harmony. He was a pioneer on the British musical scene before and immediately after the First World War; symphonic poems, symphonies, ballets, chamber music and songs poured out in expression of his passionate individualism. Farewell, My Youth is Arnold Bax's autobiography, published in 1943 when the composer was sixty. The text concentrates on events in British music prior to 1914 in which Bax describes his childhood, his time at the Royal Academy of Music, his meeting with Elgar (1901) and his discovery of the poetry of Yeats. His lifelong commitment to Ireland exemplified one of many spiritual conflicts that at once inspired and tormented him, and was undoubtedly sublimated in some of his most powerful music. Arnold Bax also met Sibelius, Debussy, D'Indy and Schonberg, while his vivid vignettes of Beecham and British music of the period are minor classics of observation. The autobiography is thoroughly enhanced by a new introduction and notes by Lewis Foreman, who has expanded the text with Bax's previously uncollected writings. Over 100 photographs evoke the atmosphere of the period. This book is an important source on British music before the First World War, and a delightful and amusing read in its own right.".
catalog alternative "Literary works. Selections".
catalog contributor b3467010.
catalog contributor b3467011.
catalog contributor b3467012.
catalog created "1992.".
catalog date "1992".
catalog date "1992.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
catalog description "A Biographical Note / Clifford Bax -- Arnold Bax's Foreword: My Hard Curse Upon Increasing Age -- Farewell, My Youth. Over the Threshold. Streatham. Romanticism. My Parents. First Music. E.B.B. Culture in the Suburbs. Sweated Labour. A Garden of Long Ago. Westminster. Cecil Sharp. Academic Enthusiasm. L.R.A.M. Sir A.C. Mackenzie. R.A.M. Worthies. Youth. R.C.M. Elgar at Birchwood, 1901. Dresden, 1906-7. Schnorr Strasse, 1907. Bohmischer Schweiz. 1907-08. Celtic. 'Glen'. The Music Club. Schola Cantorum. Sibelius . Schonberg. Russia, 1910. Ukraine. Philharmonic. British Music. Enter Sir Thomas. The Musical League. AE and others. Dermot O'Byrne. Dublin Evenings. White Magic. P.H. Pearse. Vignette, June 1913. Spring in Co. Dublin and Farewell, My Youth -- On Music and Musicians. A Native British Art. A British School of Composers. The Proms. On Inspiration. E.J. Moeran, 1894-1950. Lionel Tertis. Frederick Corder. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Give British Music a Chance! (1946).".
catalog description "Arnold Bax (1883-1953) was an extraordinary figure. Growing up in a prosperous Hampstead family, devoted to cricket, he conformed outwardly to the role of English gentleman. His musical education was orthodox Edwardian; after a distinguished career he was appointed Master of the King's Musick, and spent his last years in retirement in Sussex. Behind this facade of respectability lurked a restless nomad, a musical individualist whose style is instantly recognisable from its highly personal combination of a brilliant orchestration, memorable melodic invention, and idiosyncratically tangy harmony. He was a pioneer on the British musical scene before and immediately after the First World War; symphonic poems, symphonies, ballets, chamber music and songs poured out in expression of his passionate individualism.".
catalog description "Farewell, My Youth is Arnold Bax's autobiography, published in 1943 when the composer was sixty. The text concentrates on events in British music prior to 1914 in which Bax describes his childhood, his time at the Royal Academy of Music, his meeting with Elgar (1901) and his discovery of the poetry of Yeats. His lifelong commitment to Ireland exemplified one of many spiritual conflicts that at once inspired and tormented him, and was undoubtedly sublimated in some of his most powerful music. Arnold Bax also met Sibelius, Debussy, D'Indy and Schonberg, while his vivid vignettes of Beecham and British music of the period are minor classics of observation.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-181) and index.".
catalog description "The autobiography is thoroughly enhanced by a new introduction and notes by Lewis Foreman, who has expanded the text with Bax's previously uncollected writings. Over 100 photographs evoke the atmosphere of the period. This book is an important source on British music before the First World War, and a delightful and amusing read in its own right.".
catalog extent "192 p., 71 [i.e. 72] p. of plates :".
catalog identifier "0859677931".
catalog issued "1992".
catalog issued "1992.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Aldershot, Hants., England : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Co.,".
catalog spatial "England".
catalog subject "Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953.".
catalog subject "Composers England Biography.".
catalog subject "ML410.B275 A3 1992".
catalog tableOfContents "A Biographical Note / Clifford Bax -- Arnold Bax's Foreword: My Hard Curse Upon Increasing Age -- Farewell, My Youth. Over the Threshold. Streatham. Romanticism. My Parents. First Music. E.B.B. Culture in the Suburbs. Sweated Labour. A Garden of Long Ago. Westminster. Cecil Sharp. Academic Enthusiasm. L.R.A.M. Sir A.C. Mackenzie. R.A.M. Worthies. Youth. R.C.M. Elgar at Birchwood, 1901. Dresden, 1906-7. Schnorr Strasse, 1907. Bohmischer Schweiz. 1907-08. Celtic. 'Glen'. The Music Club. Schola Cantorum. Sibelius . Schonberg. Russia, 1910. Ukraine. Philharmonic. British Music. Enter Sir Thomas. The Musical League. AE and others. Dermot O'Byrne. Dublin Evenings. White Magic. P.H. Pearse. Vignette, June 1913. Spring in Co. Dublin and Farewell, My Youth -- On Music and Musicians. A Native British Art. A British School of Composers. The Proms. On Inspiration. E.J. Moeran, 1894-1950. Lionel Tertis. Frederick Corder. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Give British Music a Chance! (1946).".
catalog title "Farewell, my youth, and other writings / by Arnold Bax ; edited by Lewis Foreman ; illustrated by contemporary photographs and drawings.".
catalog title "Literary works. Selections".
catalog type "Biography. fast".
catalog type "text".