John Lucas
Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music.
Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 2008. First edition 9781843834021 xi/388 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.75", is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. Jacket is preserved in mylar. This book also includes a full-length CD of Beecham rehearsing the RPO. It features music by Haydn, Mozart, Handel and Liszt, and some remarkable excerpts from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. TLS clipping offering review is laid in.
Biography of English conductor Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras.