Oxford University Press, Date: 2000. 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. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1050grams, ISBN:0198167067 2000. Oxford University Press ISBN 0198167067 9780198167068 [GB]

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Date: 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0198167067 . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 6.2 X 1.6 X 9.3 inches; 576 pages . 2000. Oxford University Press ISBN 0198167067 9780198167068 [US]

ISBN10: 0198167067, ISBN13: 9780198167068, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover First Edition Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 6.2 X 1.6 X 9.3 inches; 576 pages.
[Pomona, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]
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ISBN10: 0198167067, ISBN13: 9780198167068, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. The Eton schoolboy, Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock), was not yet 17 when he first met his musical hero Frederick Delius at a concert of his works given by Sir Thomas Beecham at Queen's Hall in 1911. The next day he wrote an ecstatic letter to Delius enthusing over `such perfect performances of such perfect music'. Flattered and intrigued by the young admirer, Delius replied in warm and encouraging terms. And so began a correspondence that was to last untilHeseltine's untimely death in 1930. It is fortunate that each composer kept the others' letters and, now placed in chronological order, they give a fascinating picture, not only of the two men and theirmusic, but also of musical life in England and Europe. In their often frank writing the characters and interaction of the two men is highlighted and in their informal and often gossipy way they illuminate the musical life and many personalities of the time. Barry Smith, the author of a recent highly regarded biography of Peter Warlock, has fully researched the background of the correspondence and by means of generous annotations and linking narrative has produced a compelling story of anunusual and unique friendship between two composers. The correspondence of Frederick Delius and Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock), two of the most fascinating figures of early twentieth-century English ...